Sorry Fella's but I gotta throw it back for the ladies 2day!
Ladies! I know you all remember these slow jamz! Listen up to help make the rest of the day go by!
Tracey Spencer- Tender Kisses
Miche'le- Something in my Heart
Sade- Cherish the Day
SWV- Weak
Mokenstef- He's Mine
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
HunnyBeeListenUp!
Hey HunnyBee’s!
Listen UP!
The Barry Farms Projects is one of the most discussed communities in Washington D.C. Known as one of the most proverty stricken areas in America, Barry Farms residents are now becoming victims of Gentrification.
What is Gentrification?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Gentrification is, "the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents"
How does is Gentrification affect our youth?
What can we do??
I'm taking comments! We need to start defending our communities wither you live in Washington D.C., the suburbs of Maryland, or in other cities across America! These are our communities, these are our families, and this is our youth!
To see what new developments and condos are being placed in these areas where our aleady proverty stricken familes are supposed to go back and rent- check this site out:
http://www.dcgentrification.com/
To read other articles about gentrification, check this out:
http://blogs.blackvoices.com/2008/10/31/gentrification-is-it-good-or-bad-for-us/
Listen UP!
The Barry Farms Projects is one of the most discussed communities in Washington D.C. Known as one of the most proverty stricken areas in America, Barry Farms residents are now becoming victims of Gentrification.
What is Gentrification?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Gentrification is, "the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents"
How does is Gentrification affect our youth?
What can we do??
I'm taking comments! We need to start defending our communities wither you live in Washington D.C., the suburbs of Maryland, or in other cities across America! These are our communities, these are our families, and this is our youth!
To see what new developments and condos are being placed in these areas where our aleady proverty stricken familes are supposed to go back and rent- check this site out:
http://www.dcgentrification.com/
To read other articles about gentrification, check this out:
http://blogs.blackvoices.com/2008/10/31/gentrification-is-it-good-or-bad-for-us/
Monday, November 16, 2009
HunnyBeeOl'Skool
Hey Everybody!
I know hunnybee has been MIA for a few days! I definitely have to apologize! Work HAS BEEN CRAZY!
To get back on track & to try to keep everyone UP BEAT for the rest of the day, I figured I'd take everyone back to the Ol'Skool, well atleast my ol'skool! I'm a 80s baby at heart, but the early 90s is when I really started learning all the dance moves, wanting all the hottest Cross-Colour shoes & overalls, and always wanted to make sure my mom kept my "baby hair pumpin lip-gloss shinin", or made sure my braids were always tight! Back in the 90s when Kris Kross was fresh to deaf, MC Hammer was teachin us how to sign "2 Legit", and when females groups we listened to could actually sing & make a quality videos without taking their clothes off- Even though they were singing songs like "Ain't too Proud to Beg" & "Mercedes" (big up TLC/Pebbles/SWV/EnVogue)- back in the 80s/90s when Black TV ruled the ratings (Cosby Show, A Differnt World, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Living Single, Martin, Amen(luv that show), & 227)- Back in the days when life was just a simplier before BUSH jr.
With setting that mood- Don't you guys just wanna go back! Back when things were simple- bills were paid by your parents & all you had to worry about was what fly outfit you were gonna rock to school the next day?
I know we can't go back, but maybe these songs will help you bring back those memories from the good ol' days!
Ahmad "Back in the Day"
Will Smith - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Summertime"
Arrested Development - Tennessee
SWV "Anything"
TLC "What about your Friends"
I know hunnybee has been MIA for a few days! I definitely have to apologize! Work HAS BEEN CRAZY!
To get back on track & to try to keep everyone UP BEAT for the rest of the day, I figured I'd take everyone back to the Ol'Skool, well atleast my ol'skool! I'm a 80s baby at heart, but the early 90s is when I really started learning all the dance moves, wanting all the hottest Cross-Colour shoes & overalls, and always wanted to make sure my mom kept my "baby hair pumpin lip-gloss shinin", or made sure my braids were always tight! Back in the 90s when Kris Kross was fresh to deaf, MC Hammer was teachin us how to sign "2 Legit", and when females groups we listened to could actually sing & make a quality videos without taking their clothes off- Even though they were singing songs like "Ain't too Proud to Beg" & "Mercedes" (big up TLC/Pebbles/SWV/EnVogue)- back in the 80s/90s when Black TV ruled the ratings (Cosby Show, A Differnt World, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Living Single, Martin, Amen(luv that show), & 227)- Back in the days when life was just a simplier before BUSH jr.
With setting that mood- Don't you guys just wanna go back! Back when things were simple- bills were paid by your parents & all you had to worry about was what fly outfit you were gonna rock to school the next day?
I know we can't go back, but maybe these songs will help you bring back those memories from the good ol' days!
Ahmad "Back in the Day"
Will Smith - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Summertime"
Arrested Development - Tennessee
SWV "Anything"
TLC "What about your Friends"
Monday, November 9, 2009
HunnyBeeFocused
Hey Everyone!
I know today is Monday, and I promised you all that I would dedicate Mondays to the theme of music- BUT- hunnybee has to be free today (lol), and write randomly. Forgive me for my random post, but today I feel we all need to get focused on other things!
As the New Year starts to approach, I've already started thinking about what 2009 meant to me, and what new things do I need/want to accomplish for 2010. I definitely want to travel in the 0-10, start really thinking about grad school (if God provides me a way to pay for it), as well as really think about my career path. FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD IT IS I WANT TO DO, AND WHY AM I HERE!- A purpose! For me, I believe my career path will lead to the ultimate reason why I'm here, (sorry got a little spiritual on you all)- and how I can impact lives outside of my own! I really think it's necessary to make a difference in someone else's life in a positive way, and I need to figure out how I can do that and still be happy and excited about what I do on a day to day basis.
With that in mind- below is one of my favorite episodes of "A Different World"- I think those lost souls out there may benefit from this episode and maybe take something out of it- My friends put me in the category of a mix between Whitley Gilbert, and Freddie- I think in this episode I'm definitely Freddie!
Let me know what you think about your future life in the 0-10...
I know today is Monday, and I promised you all that I would dedicate Mondays to the theme of music- BUT- hunnybee has to be free today (lol), and write randomly. Forgive me for my random post, but today I feel we all need to get focused on other things!
As the New Year starts to approach, I've already started thinking about what 2009 meant to me, and what new things do I need/want to accomplish for 2010. I definitely want to travel in the 0-10, start really thinking about grad school (if God provides me a way to pay for it), as well as really think about my career path. FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD IT IS I WANT TO DO, AND WHY AM I HERE!- A purpose! For me, I believe my career path will lead to the ultimate reason why I'm here, (sorry got a little spiritual on you all)- and how I can impact lives outside of my own! I really think it's necessary to make a difference in someone else's life in a positive way, and I need to figure out how I can do that and still be happy and excited about what I do on a day to day basis.
With that in mind- below is one of my favorite episodes of "A Different World"- I think those lost souls out there may benefit from this episode and maybe take something out of it- My friends put me in the category of a mix between Whitley Gilbert, and Freddie- I think in this episode I'm definitely Freddie!
Let me know what you think about your future life in the 0-10...
Thursday, November 5, 2009
HunnyBeeADancer
Hey Hunnies!
Below are clips of my favorite MJ dancing videos. It's pretty random, but it wouldn't be a hunnybee post if it weren't... Check them out- Mike could really DANCE!...
Origin on the "Moon Walk"
Dancing Machine- (best part is 1:04 of clip- CRAZY)
Smooth Criminal
And just to tie in history- Michael vs. James Brown & Prince
Below are clips of my favorite MJ dancing videos. It's pretty random, but it wouldn't be a hunnybee post if it weren't... Check them out- Mike could really DANCE!...
Origin on the "Moon Walk"
Dancing Machine- (best part is 1:04 of clip- CRAZY)
Smooth Criminal
And just to tie in history- Michael vs. James Brown & Prince
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
HunnyBeeLiftYourVoice
Hey Hunny’s!
Status count- How many people know that African Americans have their OWN National Anthem? In addition, how many people actually know the words? Was it ever sung in your house? Church? School? Have you ever heard it on anything current outside of 1960s documentaries, and possibly MLK Day? This topic may not be as glittery & controversial as other African American history topics I’ve discussed, but I’m finding that my generation knows very little about African American history, and the most common facts that we should know, we have no idea about.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), The Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, also called, National Black Anthem, “… was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.”
Since then, the song moved throughout the South. Teachers taught it to their students, pastors preached it to the choir - in turn they preached it to the congregation, and parents passed it on to their loved ones. The song was officially adopted as the "National Negro Anthem" in 1919 by the NAACP, formed under Harvard professor W.E.B. Dubois. The third verse was even used during our President Obama’s Inauguration, to summarize the racial triumph of the moment. This song embodies the African American struggle, the rejoice of our freedom, and love for the Most High.
The African American History lesson for this day:
Read the lyrics to “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”. This is your history, learn it, live it, love it. Pass this along to show that we are still proud of the ones that came before us!
Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring.
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee,
Shadowed beneath thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Status count- How many people know that African Americans have their OWN National Anthem? In addition, how many people actually know the words? Was it ever sung in your house? Church? School? Have you ever heard it on anything current outside of 1960s documentaries, and possibly MLK Day? This topic may not be as glittery & controversial as other African American history topics I’ve discussed, but I’m finding that my generation knows very little about African American history, and the most common facts that we should know, we have no idea about.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), The Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, also called, National Black Anthem, “… was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.”
Since then, the song moved throughout the South. Teachers taught it to their students, pastors preached it to the choir - in turn they preached it to the congregation, and parents passed it on to their loved ones. The song was officially adopted as the "National Negro Anthem" in 1919 by the NAACP, formed under Harvard professor W.E.B. Dubois. The third verse was even used during our President Obama’s Inauguration, to summarize the racial triumph of the moment. This song embodies the African American struggle, the rejoice of our freedom, and love for the Most High.
The African American History lesson for this day:
Read the lyrics to “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”. This is your history, learn it, live it, love it. Pass this along to show that we are still proud of the ones that came before us!
Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring.
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee,
Shadowed beneath thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Hey Everyone!
Busy Busy Busy today at work. Friday's Halloween office party set me back a little. Can't talk much today, hope you all forgive me- before I go, PLEASE listen to the song below. The song is called "Becky" by Plies. I know songs these days seem to get raunchier & roudier by the minute, but seriously- this song is horrible! I want to dig futher into young mothers, and babies having babies- think this is a good start.
PLEASE Let me know your thoughts
Busy Busy Busy today at work. Friday's Halloween office party set me back a little. Can't talk much today, hope you all forgive me- before I go, PLEASE listen to the song below. The song is called "Becky" by Plies. I know songs these days seem to get raunchier & roudier by the minute, but seriously- this song is horrible! I want to dig futher into young mothers, and babies having babies- think this is a good start.
PLEASE Let me know your thoughts
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