FABOO MAMAInside the mind of an opinionated mama…

There was this girl, yeah, Her name was Anika.
But everybody acted like she was some kind of freak, uh
One day…when she down at beach-y,
This dude asked her name,
She said, “Yo, they call me Ceviche.”

He said, “Hey that’s strange, do you smell like fish.”
Ceviche said, “No, it’s ’cause I’m a kickass dish.
Im like all kinds of awesome, complex & flavory.
Add some Tapatio; it makes that tostada savory.
Ceviche’s my name, and when in doubt,
Just watch me swim fast like I was a trout.”

Well this girl Ceviche, reps the City of Angels
Sometimes it’s so hot that she sounds like Charlie Rangel.
You see her around, she drives a green Mini Cooper
Speeding one, she got pulled over by a trooper,
He asked for ID, and said, “Your smile is kind of peachy.”
She laughed and say, “Yep, that’s why they call me Ceviche.”

He said, “Hey that’s strange, do you smell like fish.”
Ceviche said, “No, it’s ’cause I’m a kickass dish.
Im like all kinds of awesome, complex & flavory.
Add some Tapatio; it makes that tostada savory.
Ceviche’s my name, and when in doubt,
Just watch me swim fast like I was a trout.”

The cop was tired since it was an early morning,
He said, “Ceviche, Imma let you off with a little warning.
But next time, I’ll have to give you a ticket,
Take your ass to jail as an excuse just to kick it.”
Ceviche told him, “You don’t need no excuse, man.
You got my address, just come over and we can play Rock Band.”

Yeah, you can check her online, she’s all over the place.
FriendFeed and Facebook…well, not on MySpace
She got her photos up on Flickr,
And updates her status on Twitter.
If you’re in LA, you can check her on BrightKite,
See her Last.fm profile for your party at night.

Her name is Ceviche and she don’t smell like fish.
They gave her that name ’cause she’s a kickass dish.
She’s all kinds of awesome, complex & flavory.
Add some Tapatio; it makes that tostada savory.
Ceviche’s her name, and when in doubt,
Just watch her swim fast like she was a trout.

As we drove the streets of Oakland, I was discussing with a friend about why I keep my dreadlocks a certain length and had been considering cutting them a bit shorter. At a stop light we saw an older lady with long, grey dreadlocks.

“See, that’s what I want”, I said. “Grey dreadlocks. I live for that day. After that, maybe I’ll cut my hair short.”

My friend had cut her dreads off back in ‘03 after 12 years of having them. She replied, “Yes, I love that look. I think maybe when my hair turns grey, I’ll lock it up again.”

“But that’s cheating!”, I exclaimed.

“No, it isn’t. My hair will be grey no matter how I wear it”, she answered.

Still, somehow I think it’s cheating.

I just awoke to find a litle ‘US Elections’ tab on my plurk page. Curiosity took hold; I clicked through to a contest page. Plurk is offering ‘One Plurk, One Vote’. You go to a friend’s plurk page and you can vote for your candidate of choice.

You don’t have to be a US citizen, but you do have to have a Plurk account.

Clever.

As of this moment, the scores are McCain/Palin -16%, Obama/Biden – 84%.

So why don’t you visit my plurk vote page and register your voice.

This is going to be pretty short and too the point.

There’s been mandatory evacuations called for New Orleans. During a presser earlier in the day, Mayor Nagin and Gov. Jindal made it expressly clear that there will be no government provided shelters for those who choose to stay/can not afford to leave their homes. Or in Nagin’s words, ‘”You’re on your own.”

Social media has been, excuse the pun, atwitter on this all day long.

There is now a Ning community for all Gustav related posts.

Seesmic conversation on the hurricane.

Many of my remaining family members are already gone. I’ve heard from friends (online and meatspace) whose families have fled already, as Gustav is being called as worse than Katrina. I believe we all know that he levees will not withstand anything over a Cat3 storm, so this is pretty big. Let’s hope that Gustav loses strength before it makes landfall. There’s already been 78 deaths in the Caribbean. I pray there’s no more.

Sen. Obama is back in Springfield today to announce Sen. Biden as his running mate.  Sen. Obama announced his candidacy for president in Springfield back in Feb. 2007.

As for Biden, well there’s a lot to be said about that pick.  I don’t like Biden, but when you say your campaign is about changing the culture of Washington, the last thing you should do is pick a Senator who’s been in Washington for as long as I’ve been alive.  I’m 35. So today, we watch as Sen. Obama introduces Sen. Biden and see the verbal acrobatics of how Biden isn’t as entrenched in DC.