What the hell?

This is a story that blows my mind. I know it happens a lot all over this country, but there's gotta be a point where enough is enough. I don't want to preach, but I just don't understand how we became a society of cowards and looky loos who would rather watch someone get hurt than step in to help.

Story here.

Mixtape Luv...

Here's a new mixtape from a friend of mine J.A.Y.E. Negative, and mixed by my bro DJ Cues.

Jaye Negative - No Patience No Mercy Mixtape by Dj Cues Radio on Mixcloud

-Mr. DJ

Tiss the season...

So I've never really been a great proponent of the "holidays". i would say that I like the idea of the holidays; with the good will towards your fellow man and such, but I will be the first to say that for the most part...HOLIDAYS SUCK BALLS!!!

I'm not a fan of the commercial side of the holidays, just the very thought that I have to go gift shopping urks me to no end. Stores are always full of overly anxious people who are busting their butts to show the ungrateful people they surround themselves with how much they mean to them with a usually very expensive gift that has been marked off 70% this weekend only.

...but...

I will say that I'm looking forward to the season this year. Call it a failing of my cynical nature in my impending old age (HA!), but I'm looking forward to the fanfare of it all this year. For some reason, I'm looking forward to the carolers; the window dressings, the non-stop holiday songs on the radio...

For some reason my life long Grinching has been undone by some invisible little Who, and this year for the first time I am in the holiday spirit. This is probably also helped along by the early arrival of the 'nog' to store shelves this year (WOOHOO FOR ADULT BEVERAGES!!!!). Matter of fact, I'm gonna end this one here and go pop in my bootleg copy of "White Christmas" and have some more 'nog' (YESSIR!!).

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

-Mr. DJ

Dev-j vs Televised Organized Sports

I like sports-I really do. I like to play sports, and I like to watch them on tv. I usually find watching sports to be highly entertaining and for the most part really engaging. I (like most Americans) watch NFL football on Sundays, the college version on Saturdays and split up my time during the week with NBA, ESPN at the bar/club, and re-runs of the Olympics on the Universal Sports channel. I really do like sports.

With that being said...

As much as I like sports...I don't LOVE sports. I don't care about the stats or who got drafted, or what coach is screwing up or what play/pattern would've been best last possession or any of that. I just like sports for their entertainment value. I like being there with the crowd and cheering while clinking beer mugs either on the couch or in the stands, and I dig the cheerleaders and so on. I enjoy seeing other people get amped up and seeing fathers with their sons and mothers with their daughters and little babies dressed up in onesies mocked up in their parents favorite team. I love stadium hot dogs and even dig the $20 small soft drinks. I love my team jerseys and the fond memories that come with remembering my younger days going to see the greats play, and I remember wanting to be just like them...but like I said, I really don't love sports. I wear my football jerseys because they're comfy and easy to clean and I'm a guy, so I can get away with that. I like baseball caps because that's just been my thing since I was 11, and old habits are hard to break.

I always feel awkward when guys walk up to me and make small talk about sports. I know, it's what guys do, and I don't shy away from it, but I usually feel bad for the guy engaging me because deep down inside I know I have nothing to offer him in the way of deep rooted sports talk and I feel like the bad blind date. I find myself just smiling and nodding and dodging direct answers or just making up some random shit so I sound like I've been following along, and trying to hide any facial giveaways that I'm feeling like a trapped fox and are seriously contemplating gnawing off my arm to get out of the conversation.

Now-don't get me wrong, like I said before-I like sports. I know all the rules and positions and a good deal of the play calls etc and have no problem following sports. I just don't care enough about them to follow them past the final buzzer. And I'm only saying all of this because I know it's odd to hear a guy say that (maybe), but I know I'm not alone. Sports are fun, but I'm not addicted. I don't care if I ever go to a fantasy sports camp with Troy Aikman or play a round with Tiger. I love my Bears and Bulls and Sox (eff the Cubs-FOR REALS) and love to see them earn W's. I dig marathon runners and all of the other sports I see on tv, but that's pretty much it. Once the tv goes off my sports brain goes with it.

...sorry.

-Mr. DJ

About the Fish...

So if you've noticed at the top of the page under the header there are some fish moving around. Well that's my new aquarium, and it's interactive-so please, feel free to feed the fish, they love the attention.

-Mr. DJ