Filed under: Uncategorized
Dont you all hide your heads in shame because most of you know this is what your counting on to get you through your senior years! Retirement plans take time and major sacrifice if you plan to ever retire properly at all. Dont even think about counting on Social Security either because even if there is any left by the time our generation reaches retirement age, Social Security only pays out about $1200 a month if your lucky.
Dont be a fool and ignore all of those commercial on investment and retirement planning. Start getting your shit together now before you find yourself living with your kids hiding from your bad ass grandchildren.
THE SHAUN HAS SPOKEN!
Filed under: From The World of WTF
You see this is one of those stories that when you first read it you would swore it came from The Onion News Network…but sadly it’s real and it ushers in a new day for college sports.
Yesterday was the first day colleges could accept commitments from recriuts…one of those recruits whom commited was 13 year-old David Sims from Delaware! Yes….13 YEARS OLD! Hasn’t even played a high school game yet and he’s commited to USC! Now with Lane Kiffin being the coach of USC this does not come as much of a surprise but you would think the NCAA would say something.
This type of thing shows nothing but greed and slowly destroyed College and Pro Basketball…this is truly a sad day!
Just when you thought Tila was gonna take the crown, Ms. Monica “Danger” Leon ups her “I’m a crazy bitch” game to another level.
Ms. “Danger” was arrested today and is being held in a LAPD jail in connection of possible arson…at her apartment complex. Yes, this girl is being held and being investigated for trying to burn down her own crib!
What…..The….Fuck!!
The Shaun isn’t really the juicy gossip type of cat but this chick really impresses with her level of crazy and the shit she has done to remain in the limelight. We should have forgotten about her ass long ago but she just keeps making this crazy thing look easy.
Brittney aint got shit on this one. The Shaun knows one thing…Nick Cannon gotta be hitting his brother upside his damn head right about now!
Filed under: Movies
The literal translation from Akan (Ghana) to English is “There’s Nothing Wrong With Learning From Hindsight”. Another translation states ”We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.” This is the theme of “Sankofa”.
To put into context how important of a movie this is to me, I will smiply say that it is one of the movies that directedly shaped the way I think and live. This movie’s powerful is along the lines of Roots and Glory. What make this movie so profound to a modern audience is that it directly connects the image of a black woman living in modern day and places that woman in the time of slavery.
Sankofa revolves around Mona, a popular self-centered supermodel, who is in midst of phootshoot. The image depicted is powerful as she is dressed in fancy clothes and donning a blonde wig, making it hard not see the resemblence to modern day african-american models.
During this photoshoot, she is suddenly transported to the life Shola, a slave on a plantation. Honestly, anything else I would say about the rest of the movie would be a sincere disjudice to its work. It’s powerful, real and a must see movie that is none like you’ve ever seen and may not ever see again.
Sankofa is not a movie you will find on Netflix or as your TV movie of the week. You won’t really find it at Blockbuster or Best Buy and this movie may never hit the big screen again as the original prints of the movie were destoryed in a studio fire but I implore you…SEE THIS MOVIE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE. You will be talking about it for some time and you’ll want to ensure everyone you knows sees it.
Bet most of you didn’t know that on this day in 1952 that Hall of Fame MLB player and civil rights pioneer, Jackie Robinson was named the Director of Communication of the National Broadcasting Company (yes, NBC!). This appointment made him the first black executive of a major radio/television network.
So The Shaun says this…
All minority radio/tv execs needs to grab themselves a Jackie Robinson throwback jersey and wear it to work on this day everyday just has MLB players salute him on May 7th of every year. Know your history people!!
THE SHAUN HAS SPOKEN!!
The Shaun says this…
What the world needs (or at least what The Shaun needs) is more Layla Kayleigh in it on a daily basis.
Now we use to have a daily dose of awesomeness when Layla was on Attack of The Show doing “The Feed” but this ended March of last year at which point she was replaced by Alision Haslip…a cutie but no Layla. The Shaun also finds the makings of a Shaunspiracy as Layla “left” G4TV shortly after discovering she was pregnant. During, her last “Feed” broadcast, she made mention she was leaving due to “other interests” while later it was specalated she was let go during a wave of cutbacks. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Initially after leaving G4TV, we had our suitable doses of Layla on the World Poker Tour and America’s Best Dance crew. Yet now that she’s come back from having her first child (congrats Layla!!), we are gonna need someone at a major broadcast or cable network to assist in giving us our daily dose of Layla. The Shaun would even be willing to accept a daily webcase/podcast with her as host as we do with Natali Del Conte on CNET’s Loaded.
Now The Shaun is trying his best not to sound sexist here, but the combination of having a beautiful woman like Layla or Natalie talk tech is like having a teacher with a foriegn accent. While the words are the same, they just sound so much better when they say it. You just seem to pay attention more as well so essentially we have the potential to make the world smarter…even though this blog entry is making some dumber as they have yet to really read it cause they’re still drooling over the pics of Layla and Natali above.
But who cares…this post ain’t for them anyway because they were lost causes long ago.
So The Shaun is gathering those who agree and what to create a voice to the charge to bring Layla back to our daily lives in some form. IN a perfect world, G4TV would see the errors of thier ways and surprise us by returning Layla to her rightful place on The Feed, yet they’re owned by Comcast so we know better. We will accept though a weekly (ABDC does not count) spot with the potential for expansion and NO TRL or ACCESS HOLLYWOOD type bullshit either. Layla is above that shit! Soooooo whose with me!?!?
THE SHAUN HAS SPOKEN
Filed under: Video Games
The trailer for the new Fallout game, which is scheduled to be released this fall, was released today. The Shaun, as well as many others, loved the last Fallout game published by Bethesda Softworks. However, it should be noted that this game will NOT be a direct sequel to Fallout 3 nor is it being developed by the same team. That’s right…no Todd Howard at the helm this time around.
Now while the trailer and the comments from Bethesda regarding the game would suggest this game will be along the same line of Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Obsidian is the team behind the first two Fallout games on the PC. Those game definetely had a different feel and presentation then as you can clearly see.
The Shaun is still excited about the possibilities of the new Fallout but cautiously so. Hopefully as we get more information and see a bit more of the game, we will get a better understanding of what kind of game will be coming out this fall.
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do that is by not voting” -F.D.R.
The Shaun says this…
It’s truly a shame to walk around and watch the news to witness how oblivious the nation seems to be about the fact local primary elections are being held across the nation.
No one is talking about these elections as they did the 2008 elections. For the most part, the average person either is unaware of them or doesn’t seem to care at all about them. The Shaun is here to remind you that every election has the potential to make a major difference in your life no matter where you live or what political party your loyalities lie.
In case you do not think non-presidential elections are important…ask the people of Massechuessetts.
Every elections from county board president to US Senate has a hand on the decisions made in your areas. If your taxes are going to be raised or if the goverment funded programs you take avantage of will be saved or cut.
So The Shaun implores everyone to take these elections just as seriously as you did the election of 2008. Educate yourselves on the canidates and what they stand for.
The men and women elected to office have the future of us and our children in the palm of their hands. It is up to us to make sure we have the people we truly want and trust (as much as we can) in the positions.
SO GET OUT THERE, VOTE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE YOU KNOW VOTES TOO.
THE SHAUN HAS SPOKEN!!
Filed under: Uncategorized
According to UK’s OK Magazine, Marvel Films (who is now owned by Disney) is on the urge of choosing Zac “Mr. High School Musical” Effron to star in the planned Spiderman reboot.
Now The Shaun understands that Disney may have had a major hand in supporting their GOLDEN BOY towards super-stardom in the grown-up movie world…yet The Shaun is quite concerned that this may turn our friendly neighborhood web-slinger into a Twlight-like pre-teen crap-fest!
The Shaun is very interested to hear what you all have to say about this…so how do you feel about Disney boy stepping into Peter Parker’s shoes?
