start a rumor monday...
a look back at a year of lies
just a list of all the rumors i've started on this here blog. date, topic, followed by a lil blurb.
- 6. december. 2004. halle berry. the very first rumor, where i claim that catwoman admitted that perhaps she shouldn't have won an academy award for her role in monster's ball.
- 13. december. 2004. girl groups. i make believe that former members of destiny's child, en vogue, and 3lw join together and form the girl group, exmember.
- 3. january. 2005. usher. um...he "admits" that he's trying hard to be like mike. jackson, that it.
- 10. january. 2005. ashlee simpson. she pulls a nation of islam (or a prince), and changes her name.
- 17. january. 2005. george dubya bush. in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. day, our president integrated his coffee.
- 31. january. 2005. black history month. it got moved to january. nobody knew.
- 7. february. 2005. the super bowl. the nfl was worried that it would have to acknowledge another black quarterback. fortunately, his team lost.
- 14. february. 2005. kanye take one. jesus relaces judas...with kanye west.
- 23. february.2005. mj trial. the show hollywood squares has to postpone taping b/c all of the stars are testifying in the michael jackson case. sounds wack, in know. but jay leno stole my joke.
- 28. february. 2005. the academy awards. oscar fills black quota by giving morgan freeman and jamie foxx awards.
- 7. march. 2005. bill cosby. he and other alleged sexual predator, r. kelly hook up and make a dvd.
- 14. march. 2005. halle berry, oprah winfrey. the two discuss their future cinematic projects. like a remake of imitation of life.
- 22. march. 2005. lil kim...michael jackson...white people. a news brief covering the trials of the queen bee and the gloved one, and steriods.
- 28. march. 2005. easter. basically: i'm going to hell for this one.
- 4. april. 2005. terry schiavo. her parents sue so that they can mourn longer than her husband.
- 11. april. 2005. queen latifah. she ain't really a queen.
- 18. april. 2005. kanye take two. throwing another tantrum for note winning the "best new pope" award.
- 25. april. 2005. the nation of islam and catholics. in response to folks in chicago thinking they saw the image of the virgin mary under an overpass (my exit!!!!), i say a member of the noi finds an image of the honorable elijah muhammed in his pork chop sammich.
- 9. may. 2005. mother's day. members of the congressional black caucus make the monday after mother's day, "yo' mama day." oh, and some other shit, too.
- 16. may. 2005. mary kay letourneau. r. kelly and michael jackson agree to be her wedding reception entertainment.
- 23. may. 2005. dave chappelle. he decided to start a back to africa movement.
- 31. may. 2005. more letourneau...star wars...beyonce. anikan is told he's not luke's father a la maury povich. and some other shit.
- 6. june. 2005. race. fda approves race changing surgery.
- 20. june. 2005. the jacksons. michael and jesse face off.
- 27. june. 2005. oprah. hermes. 'nough said.
- 6. july. 2005. the very first reader's choice. topics included: terry mcmillan's divorce, r. kelly's trapped in the closet, and tom cruise dissing snoop dogg and the bishop don juan.
- 11. july. 2005. george dubs bush. a confused el presidente nominates wynonna for the supreme court.
- 18. july. 2005. karl rove. karl rove tells on me.
- 25. july. 2005. ring tones. alarm systems provide ring tones for subscribers.
- 1. august. 2005. video games. objectionable material found in old skool, seemingly wholesome video games.
- 8. august. 2005. gwen stefani. that song, "holla back girl," got on my damn nerves. so i made a monkey sing it.
- 15. august. 2005. star jones, terry mcmillan. some anti-gay shit obviously.
- 22. august. 2005. kanye part three. more gay stuff.
- 29. august. 2005. kanye part four. gay stuff again.
- 5. september. 2005. black weblog awards. i lose my shit after losing.
- 19. september. 2005. curious george bush. i turn him into the emcee, "dub-ya."
- 26. september. 2005. hurricane katrina. the poor people of chicago flood their neighborhoods.
- 3. october. 2005. summer m. i pretend a reader doesn't think i'm gay enough.
- 10. october. 2005. christopher columbus. activists protest the celebration of columbus day.
- 17. october. 2005. the millions more march. dub-ya and bill bennett give us a play by play.
- 24. october. 2005. foxy brown. the shortest start a rumor ever.
- 31. october. 2005. the world series. fecundmellow takes a look at the chicago white sox' road to victory.
- 8. november. 2005. janet jackson. jermaine dupri, her alleged daughter, super bowl performances. we cover it all--except nipples.
- 14. november. 2005. summer m. i have a lover.
- 21. november. 2005. thanxgiving. celebs tell us why they're thankful.
- 28. november. 2005. start a rumor (we get meta). is this the end?
language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. language alone is meditation. ~toni morrison
1 Comments:
My brother is a sports editor at USA Today, and after I sent it to him, your White Sox rumor made the rounds through the whole sportswriting department, and they LOVED it.
People would buy your book!!!
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