Hmmm, I am not quite sure what to say about this one. Despite the bad reviews I went and saw this movie out of love for Tom Cruise as an actor. I mean as far as movie roles goes, Tom Cruise can do no wrong in my eyes. Seriously, can any of you name one bad movie that Tom Cruise has appeared in?!

Did they really put this movie under the suspense category? How was it suspense when we all know the outcome? Yea, I am going to go with this movie was just bad, lollll.

I am not quite sure where to place the blame. I can’t really tell yall who should take responsibility for the failure of this movie. I feel like I am just going to itemize what went wrong and yall decide from there….

1. To many different damn accents. There were American, British, New York, East Jersey, Russian, Turkish, etc…

They had every accent except German. Even the person who played Adolf Hitler had a strange non German accent. That kinda threw me off… especially when you had multiple characters who looked a like in appearance… I couldn’t keep up with who was who.

2. This should of been an HBO Movie. There was not enough interesting events that led up to the actual event to justify making a movie. Matter of fact there were a total of 15 attempts on Hitler’s life in the 9 months leading up to Hitler’s suicide. Why not making a movie based on all 15, then show Hitler choking off the poison as he died a cowards death. Now that would of been interesting.

3. Tom…. umm you just didn’t give me your all as an actor in this movie. I mean I felt like you could of came undone a bit more when you tried to make everyone believe you saw the explosion go off while coming to grips that Hitler was still alive. Like you should of gave us less Beyonce and more Jack Nicholson “You Can’t Handle The Truth”.

4. It wouldn’t have hurt to tell us how Tom’s character wife and kids in the movie escaped unharmed.

5. It wouldn’t have hurt to show us how Adolf escaped the bomb unharmed. Come to think of it how did the bomb not kill anyone?! I mean, just like Tom, I saw the bomb go off too! No one died? The movie didn’t explain.

6. I feel the need to come back to the writing… I mean I could tear this movie apart… but it all boils down to bad writing. I know it was based on real events but still a screen play had to be written and this story just wasn’t that interesting to make a movie. I am sorry… it is what it is!

In conclusion, I give this movie a C-/D+. Sorry Tom, I still love you… but Katie Holmes is the devil! Unlike everyone else I blame her and not you for the demise of your movie career.

Aiight I am done!

In honor of the first day of Winter… I present to you: Winter in New York!

Note: The pictures below were provided by Dominican Blowout.com and Beautylogicblog.com

I would like to dedicate this post to Miriam, the Blow Dryer Gangsta! lolll

Ok, so first let me start off by saying that I am a true California chick. I like long, flowing hair… exactly like my Kitty Bradshaw logo! I like my roots to be bone straight, with a very conservative “part on the side” style.

Now, being that I have the hair of Satan … I need someone who is comfortable with a pressing comb to come and perform a miracle. My grade of hair goes allll the wayyyy back to Mother Africa, lolll!

I am giving yall this background story to let yall know I was VERY SKEPTICAL about going to a Dominican Hair Salon.

So, first I cased the joint…. I walked by the store front 2-3 times… taking mental notes of everyone in the shop. Making sure there were other black women in there…. (yes, I am slightly crazy… I don’t like going into places where I am the only black person loll). Once I saw that there were indeed other black women… I came back 2 weeks later, lolll. Shoot, I had to make sure that this was the right place for me. I am very sensitive about my hair… yall just don’t understand. I am sure my female readers can relate!

So, then I started to pester my friends, my roommate, my co-workers about their experiences at the Dominican Hair Salon… they all said, “GO KITTY”!

*sighs* So I went…. yall know I was ready to curse and make a scene if it didn’t go right?! I am sure the Dominicans would of cursed back and put me out on my ass… but none-the-less I was ready for a fight, lmaooooo.

The above pictures were provided courtesy of Dominican Blowout.com and Beautylogicblog.com

I was sooooo nervous! She washed my hair 3 times at my request (I demand clean hair!), then she began to roller set my hair?! Wsup with the roller set?! (I began to frown) *thinkin to self* this is not going to end well *sighs* I have the hair of Satan…. Satan don’t recognize Roller Set… Satan recognizes heat and fire of the “Pressing Comb”!!!!

I was trying to stay open minded! So she rolled me, then she put this “neck protector” on me which I think was the coolest thing. I hate sitting under the dryers, and I hate when the heat burns my neck… but the neck protector made my Hair Dyer experience less unpleasant!

So the rollers came off…. and I had these big, lush, Shirley Temple Curls!

Kitty Says: Devil, is that you? Since when you start acting right?

I am still doubtful…. the real test will be my edges and roots. Miriam whips out her blow dryer, cracks her knuckles while stretching her neck…. her assistant comes up and squirts water in Miriam’s mouth…. she approached my hair like a prize fighter!

Kitty says: My money, is on my hair…. yall don’t know my hair! Mirium ain’t ready for this mane!!!!!

So Miriam starts her engines… she breaks out her short bristled brush…. and starts going blow drying away.

Kitty says: Damn the blow dryer heat is HOT!

Kitty says: Miriam killed the Devil!!!!

Once Miriam was done… I had angelic hair! It was long, straight, and flowing in the wind like the white girls… I had Jessica Simpson hair! Who knew a blow dryer could do all that?!

Guess what yall? Miriam had me in and out the shop in an hour and a half!

Normally when I go to the black shops, I am doing 4 hours minimum.

I don’t think I would go to Miriam for color, or cut…. but the in between time I would gladly go to her! She charged me $25 (I have a lot of thick, course, hair)…. that was a freaking deal if you ask me! Black shops now of days are charging $60 and up for a wash and curl…. and they no longer care about your hair… they just process you in like cattle. The prices are steadily going up, and the level of service is going down!

Yesterday, I went back for a second time and watched her put a relaxer on a chick with a similar grade of hair to mine.  She did a good job.  If you are interested in checking her out, here goes:

Glamour Beauty Salon?

2360 Fredrick Douglas Blvd.

New York, NY 10027

Tel.: 212.932.3297

Miriam is the manager….

If you are not in the New York area you can find a Dominican Hair Salon in your area here.

Kitty says: I don’t really trust Al Sharpton, or Jesse Jackson for that matter. I wish white people would stop going to them every time they need to reach out to the black community. In any event, I like Caroline Kennedy! I think if she puts her mind to it… she will become the United States first female president.

Caroline Kennedy, Sharpton Go To Lunch in Harlem
By JENNIFER PELTZ | Associated Press Writer

December 18, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) – The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at the famed soul food restaurant Sylvia’s as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate.

Wearing a black down coat, Kennedy smiled as she and the civil rights activist made their way through a throng of media and into the restaurant, whose walls are lined with photographs of visiting politicians including Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Later, Kennedy spoke to reporters outside the restaurant, where she and Sharpton shared a lunch of grilled and baked chicken, string beans, collard greens, salad and cornbread.

“I come at this as a mother, as a lawyer, as an author, as an education advocate and from a family that really has spent generations in public service,” she said. “I feel this
commitment, and this is a time when nobody can afford to sit out. And I hope that I have something to offer.”

The late President John F. Kennedy’s daughter acknowledged Wednesday she’s seeking to be appointed to the Senate seat held by Clinton, who has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state.

Kennedy was asked what she would need to do to prepare herself for the post, which has attracted the interest of at least a dozen Democratic officials including her former relative by marriage, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

“I have, you know, quite a lot to learn, but I feel like I bring a lot with me, as well,” Kennedy said.

Reporters also asked why she was plunging into retail politics now, after spending most of her adult life carefully cultivating her privacy.

“These are issues that I care so much about and I understand that, really, I have been trying to work on them as a private citizen and in the position that I have,” she said. “But really, to solve our problems, I think government is the place where people need to come together.”

Kennedy’s emergence as a contender has generated both buzz and controversy. She comes from a storied political dynasty but has never held public office, and some Republicans and Democrats have criticized her lack of experience.

Democratic Gov. David Paterson has said he won’t make an appointment until Clinton is confirmed. The governor confirmed Kennedy’s interest in the seat on Monday, the same day she reached out to Sharpton in a telephone call.

After speaking to Kennedy, Sharpton released a statement saying he disagreed with those who say she isn’t qualified to be U.S. senator.

He said he had invited her to dine with him at Sylvia’s this week, reminding her that he took Obama there during his campaign “so it’s a good luck stop since he did all right.”

note: I fixed most of the typos in the below post.  I really need to stop blogging during the middle of the night, lolll.  I love all my readers… yall just dismiss all my grammatical short comings lolll.  I promise to do better moving forward!!!!

Let me tell yall something… I am sooo over having the “it” phone.  I want a phone that helps make my life easier.  I have now owned a touch screen (Wing) for almost 2 years with T-Mobile… and not only have I grown tired of the touch screen, I have slowly developed a hate for T-Mobile the company.  I know a lot of you will say all the major Cell Phone companies are the same… and I truly believed that when I left Nextel for T-Mobile almost 2 years ago.

However, I didn’t have the type of problems I have with T-Mobile, with Nextel.  Nextel created good quality, solid phones.  The reason why I left Nextel was due to the fact that once Sprint bought Nextel… they stopped developing “it” phones.  As far as service went, I had no problems.

Now fast forward to T-Mobile…  At one point, about 3 months ago, I called T-Mobile to order a new headset/mic (the same one that comes with the phone), the T-Mobile sales girl wasn’t familiar w/ the T-Mobile brand Wing.  I bullshit yall not, the lady asked me who was the manufacture… I said, “T-Mobile” she said, “T-Mobile doesn’t manufacture phones”, I said… “That is a common misconception, but T-Mobile indeed makes their own line of phones… I know this for a fact because I am currently holding one in my hand… the “T-Mobile Wing”!  After about 8 minutes on hold with the T-Mobile Sales Rep, she comes back and *giggles* then says, “Oh, your right!”

I just shrugged it off as she must be new… now back to the original reason I called.  The mic that T-Mobile gives you when you order the T-Mobile wing had broken… so I wanted to order a new one.  The rep says, “T-Mobile doesn’t sell the mics that come with the phone”

smdh (SHAKING MY DAMN HEAD!!!!!)

I am sure in T-Mobiles minds this is OK… however in most circles this is ASS BACKWARDS.

The straw that broke the camels back was the rep yelling at me! I was yelled at by a rep who was having a bad day.  I called back in and asked the next rep to transfer me to a supervisor…but I was not allowed to speak with a supervisor because, and I quote, “The supervisors really can’t do anything more than what the CSR’s can do”.  So what the CSR’s claim to do  is, send the supervisors an email.  Maybe this is why  some of the reps treat their customers horrible.  They know they can get away with it.

Next my buttons fell off my phone.  Now I, Kitty Bradshaw, am extremely gentle with my phones.  I know 2 other people with T-Mobile wings who as long as I have known them to have had a Wing, their buttons have been missing.  One day, (November 4th to be exact) I put my phone in my coat pocket… then pulled it out and the buttons were missing.  I reached in my pocket and pulled the buttons out and tried to fit them back in and they wouldn’t go.  I saw remnants of the rubber glue T-Mobile Manufacture used to fit the buttons on.

The next day, I called T-Mobile and asked if I could take my phone into the store and have it serviced.  The rep said, since I have insurance I don’t have to go into the store, all I have to do is mail it in and they will fix it! She then transferred me to the insurance department (Please keep in my mind I am quoting this rep word for word)  Now, in my mind I felt like all the money I had been paying each month for insurance is going to come in handy.  They will fix my buttons on my phone and I can go on my merry way.

After going through all the hoops, red tape, a few drops of blood, etc… to get a request in with the insurance company… 3 different phone calls later the insurance company said I had been approved to get a phone sent out… now up until this point I have spoken to 3 different people regarding my broken buttons and not one of them had mentioned anything about me paying out-of-pocket to have my buttons fixed!

Finally, the fourth person says… Your application has been approved for us to send you a new phone.  The rep went on to say, “All I need to do is transfer you back to customer service and at that time payment information can be made”.  So I am like what payment… she says in order for us to send you a new phone, you need to pay $130!

I fucking flipped!!!!!  Have they lost their damn minds?!  I have been paying $6 a month for almost 2 years and I can’t just get my buttons fixed??!!!!  So the insurance rep said well you have a $400 phone so when you look at it… $130 is a good deal!  I told her yes, you are right… but if I add $70 to that $130 which will equal $200…. I will have exactly enough to cancel my contract with T-Mobile… which is an even better deal!

Kitty says: I think I am going to post this rant on all my sites, yahoo groups, messages boards, social networks, ning sites, guest blogging sites, etc… because I am that damned pissed with T-Mobile!  I feel it’s my duty to stop potential victims!

So, now that we have established that in February, T-Mobile will be nothing more than a bad nightmare I had… the only thing left on my mind is, Verizon vs. AT&T for the New York area… which provider is better?

I am slightly mad at New York City Transit (MTA). I accidentally bent my metro card and the fare terminal wouldn’t read my card. I purchased my train pass in the month of October and had about $10 or $12 dollars on the card. I took the card to the station manager and his machine couldn’t read it either, so he gave me the MTA brochure and told me to mail the card in to the address on the back.

Long story short… NYC Transit sent me a letter back saying that the card I sent them was a 7-day unlimited “bus” pass purchased in February. They told me there is no way possible that I purchased the card in October and due to the fact that I didn’t mail the card in during the 7 day period back in February… I am basically shit out of luck.

1. Kitty Bradshaw doesn’t catch buses…. and that is a fact. So I know the machine has a screw missing saying I owned a 7 Day Unlimited Bus Pass!

2. Normally I purchase 30 day passes but due to the fact that my job has a deal with the transit… I no longer need to purchase passes directly… so in the month of October, while waiting for my job issued Metro Pass to come… I began to add money to the cards instead of purchasing the unlimited passes.

3. I had my credit card statement that reflected that I added money to my card during the month of October… but customer service said that wasn’t good enough.

So basically it all boils down to because I accidentally bent my card, I lost my hard earned money… and they didn’t even send me the card back!

It bothers me that Transit who is steadily going up on the rates… can not offer their customers some sort of better system to assist with damaged cards. I can offer proof that I paid for the card… but because the machine tells them differently… then I must be lying?! Since when did machines go without making errors? Are these the same machines that balance the budget for New York City Transit? Is this why New York City Transit is $1.5 billion dollars in the hole? My question is, where is the money going? Certainly not to machines that give accurate information. Monthly passes are on the verge of going from $81 to $104?

Now here is the thought… if this country is in a recession…. and we the people are being encouraged to put money back into the economy to come out of this recession… then why is the one thing that helps us New Yorkers get to and from work being increased. How about New York City Transit ask for a bailout, instead of increasing the rates?!

In a minute, I will have the task of making the decision on is it more cost effective to catch the train or to purchase a car?!

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I am content
Not in love, not in like
Peaceful not quite serene
My head is on straight
My heart is grounded
possibly extra guarded
I am happy, thinking straight,
and can chew bubble gum at the same time.

Not in love, not quite like
I am somewhere in between,
going north, west, east, south
Who knows?!
What I have is functional
something that feels natural
Organic from the earth
Not complicated, sometimes stress
…even Gardeners experience bad weather.

Not in love, way past like
It feels good to experience real genuine warmth
…I don’t want it to stop
He is my season, or maybe my lifetime
not in love, a glimpse of a possible Mr. Right…

© 2008 Kitty Bradshaw

I went to the good ole Magic Johnson Movie Theater in Harlem, USA!

This movie was decent. If you liked The Five Heartbeats, The Temptations Movie, or The Jackson 5: An American Dream movie… then you will like this one.

The movie is centered around Leonard Chess, a Jewish man from Chicago whose record company, Chess Records created such stars as Chuck Berry, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Etta James, and Howlin Wolf. The majority of the movie is centered around Mr. Chess and Muddy Waters. I was pleasantly surprised that we didn’t have Beyonce crammed down our throats the entire movie with her limited acting ability.

Beyonce did a much better job this go around… and with good acting coaches, I too can become an mediocre actress. The Cadillac Records director did something that previous directors who worked with Beyonce in a film failed to do, which is: LIMIT HER SCREEN TIME and only bring her out when it is time to sing!!!! lolll

Oscar Performance?! Do yall honestly think Beyonce perfected her acting craft to the level of Betty Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Angela Basset since her last film Dream Girls?! Yea, keep wishing…. I will say she did a good job imitating Etta James stage performance. If you have seen Beyonce perform Etta James “At Last” then you have seen Beyonce’s performance in Cadillac Records. That’s it, that’s all folks!

Let me ask the people who have seen this movie…. don’t yall think Gabrielle Union had more screen time (and presence) then Beyonce in this film?! Poor Bey got upstaged by yet another supporting actress. Now wouldn’t it be cruel if Gabrielle Union got nominated for an Oscar and Beyonce didn’t lolllllll. I mean seriously when Beyonce was passed out on the floor doing her best Dorthy Dandridge/Halle Berry impression… who did they call? Gabrielle Union!!! to save the day!!!!! lmaooooo

The rest of the characters who had real screen time in this film… I would like to say Mos Def did an awesome job as Chuck Berry!!!! Also the dude who played Howlin Wolf (I’ve never heard of this artist before) did very good.

Shout outs to my favorite character from The Wire being in this movie “Clay Davis” as the radio DJ. I always got love for my “The Wire” characters.

So I give this movie a C+…. what?! Yea it was good and so was The Five Heartbeats, The Jackson Five Movie, and The Temptations Movie… it had shiny Cadillacs, loose women, over protective father figures, junkie musicians… all the makings of an excellent C+ movie!!! Now go on somewhere before I start rambling on again about my disgust for that damn Twilight movie!!!

Johnny Paycheck…. hmmm I should create a alias called “Kitty Paycheck” loll I think that sounds like a hooker name…