If it's not Raven, it's crap...

 via tacobell.com I know I'm coming up on 5 consecutive years in Deutschland away from family and friends. The last time I went home was when my dad passed away. My mother suffers from very, very late stage Alzheimer's. I love my family dearly; I miss my Oklahomies like crazy. I have fairly limited financial resources and a finite number of vacation days per year that I hoard, because I'm in a long distance relationship with an awesome dude with whom I enjoy spending time...  That said...  the concoction pictured above is (as crazy/sad as it sounds) something that so fires up my engines...jet engines that say, "Go to there...and eat of that." I know that it won't even look like that scrumptulous picture. But holy fuck, people. If you're so dead inside to not realize that a taco in a Doritos taco shell is isn't the most awesome taco-based news that you've ever heard...then just leave now. Never come back to my blog, because I don'

via Smith College memes Like many people, my inner dialogue is almost constantly running. There are a lots of imaginary conversations going on in there, but often (and probably more often than I really should) I find myself debating whether it's worse when someone is openly bigoted or a closet-case bigot. Ideally, of course, people shouldn't be bigoted asshole fuckwads in the first place. But that isn't the current reality. On the one hand, an in-your-face, open bigot can be seen coming from a mile away. You know straight away that you're dealing with someone's real xyz-ist bullshit; you can react to it in some way. On the other hand, if someone is closeted about their bigotry, then it's more difficult to even figure out that it's there in the first place. So it can't really be addressed and they can't really ever be called out about it. But...you know...they'll at least put on the nice act to your face. Sure it's disingenuous, but at

Image: ilovecharts This picture kind of sums up how I've felt this weekend. It also is proof to me that even when you're a seasoned champion long-distance-relationshipper it's not always cotton candy and double rainbows. I do have a handful of projects in the works on which I'm trying to focus and keep myself occupied. But I guess I'm just trying to say that it's not always easy. Totally doable, of course...just not always easy. Anyway, there are possibly a few interesting things coming up this week.

Don't have a hell of a lot of commentary for this show. I think I'll put it down on the books as one of my favorites. I liked the playlist and I liked how I didn't ramble on as much as I usually do. Just pretty straightforward. Watch the video above. It's one of my favorite group tracks right now. Check out the playlist after the jump and listen to the show if you didn't catch it the first time around. You can also now check out last month's show if you missed out on that one, too. Nikki Lynette - Live and Let Die Brother Ali - Bad Mufucker Pt 2 Redman ft. Ready Roc - SourDeezal Prodigy ft. Cory Gunz - Great Spitters Schoolboy Q - Hands on the Wheel ft. A$AP Rocky Schoolboy Q - Sacrelegious The Niceguys - TOAST! UZOY - Keep in Touch ft Essay Real The Niceguys - Bloodshed The Niceguys - The Good Shepherd Talib Kweli ft Jean Grae - Uh Oh Bad Meets Evil - I'm on Everything Audra the Rapper ft Siya - The Motto Pac Div ft. Casey Veggies &