Tha ish: The Game

I don’t watch a lot of television. But there are a couple of TV shows that I love and refuse to miss: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (psst....I have a shockingly bizarre obsession with breakfast food and this show NEVER disappoints), What Not To Wear (please someone nominate me!! I want a new wardrobe!!) and various dance-themed shows—with the exception of Dancing With The Stars (I’m soooo not interested in watching Marie Osmond or any other D-lister prance around a stage!).

Since summer began, I started getting into The Game—a show that I think is technically cancelled, however, there is a petition floating around the Internet to keep the show alive.

The Game is a Kelsey Grammer produced half an hour comedy that depicts the day in the life of a few footballers, their wives, girlfriends and mother. I love the fact that Kelsey Grammer –a very unathletic looking white guy—produced a show about the trials and tribulations of a bunch of black athletes. Something about that makes me chuckle!

I’m totally enjoying the show, though. It has good writing, likeable characters (Malik and the very thrifty Jason Pitts are my fave characters) and I love hearing slang. As frivilous as it sounds, I like hearing characters use slang that is current and comes off authentic.

My only problem is that I would like to watch the programs in sequence. BET is not really good with their programming, so I never know when the show is on. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat down in front of the television ready to watch The Game, and that crappy show Tiny and Toya aired instead. I neeeeeeeed to know how some things were resolved. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes, and I’m so in the dark about a lot! However the episodes that I have watched were great and look forward to catching all the episodes that I missed.

Just in case you want to sign the petition to keep the show going, click here

Tha ish: Roger

Roger is an old friend’s little brother. However..... Roger is not that little anymore! He has grown up to be a handsome, intelligent young man. Okay, the fact that he is handsome is not really important, but I thought to add that to my post! LOL

Anyways, for some reason every time that I bump into Roger, he unintentionally imparts some wisdom on me and gives me some great advice.

About 10 years I bumped into him on the bus and we started talking. He asked if I was still writing and I sadly told him that I was struggling with a bad case of writer’s block, so my writing was put on the back burner. He talked to me for a bit and made me feel better. After our conversation, I felt confident to finish writing what I was working on.

One year ago I bumped into Roger at a neighbourhood grocery store. He asked what I was up to and we got on the conversation of dating. We complained to each other about how hard it was dating now that we’ve gotten older. Again, he gave me some advice.

Yesterday I met him again in the same grocery store and we got to talking. I told him that I took his dating advice (pssst....almost a full year after he gave it to me!) but I was getting a little despondent. Again, he told me to be patient and that it takes some time to find the right person.

I thought to dedicate this post to Roger because he always seems to wander into my life when I need to talk to someone or need some advice. He gives great advice (I love the male point of view), and he pulls no punches.

Thanks for the chat, Roger!