Preview: BET's "The Christmas Lottery" and UMC's Pay Per View Event, “Love On A Two Way Street”
Thursday, December 10, 2020Hey Mofos! It's time for another weekend packed full of new things to watch!
First up-- "The Christmas Lottery" starring Reginald Vel Johnson, Asia'h Epperson, Terayle Hill, Brave Williams, Candiace Dillard-Bassett, Rob Gordon, and a special appearance by Traci Braxton. The film is the first BET holiday movie with an LGBTQ couple and tackles the topic of dementia. It airs simultaneously on BET & BETher at 8pm on Saturday, December 12.
Check out the trailer:
Also, if you are craving that theater experience, you can still get it thanks to the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), who has developed the ABFFplay App. This weekend 12/12-12/13, audiences can enjoy a LIVE Stage Play from home! UMC presents OCTET Productions’ newest stage play, “Love On A Two Way Street”; Written and Directed by Donald B. Welch, featuring an All-star cast which includes: Vanessa Williams, Erica Ash, Dorien Wilson, Tony Rock, Amin Joseph, Darius McCrary, KikiHaynes, Jonnelle Allen and special guest star, R&B Superstar Kelly Price.
Visit: www.ABFFplay.com or download the App to secure your tickets to this First Time ever Pay-Per-View stage play event. Tickets start at $24.99.
Showtimes are as follows: 12/12 - 5p and 8p PST; then on 12/13 - 12p PST and *12/13 - 3p PST (Cast Meet & Greet for VIPs).
Let me know if you watch and love it!
~Meik
Preview: TV One's "Christmas Dilemma" Premieres December 6!
Wednesday, December 02, 2020Hey Mofos!
Tis time for all the Christmas things and that includes holiday movies! I sat in on the press junket for TV One's newest holiday flick, "A Christmas Dilemma" and it airs on 12/6 at 7pm. I wasn't able to ask my question for this one, but I was able to soak in all of the knowledge that Christopher B. Duncan and Carl Anthony Payne II dropped all through the presser. Anyhoo-- it's a cute family movie and hilarious!
More on the movie directed by Essence Atkins:
CHRISTMAS DILEMMA follows a newlywed couple Jay (Britt) and Monica (Hall) as they struggle to decide which set of in-laws they should join for their first Christmas. After each pleads their case and even attempts a little trickery, they decide to bypass the guaranteed disappointment of picking one family over the other. Unbeknownst to them, the decision is made for them when their families show up at their home unexpectedly. Drama ensues as the in-laws clash, long-lost relatives decide to make an appearance, and Jay’s grandmother joins the holiday festivities accompanied her caretaker who just happens to be Jay’s gorgeous ex-girlfriend.
CHRISTMAS DILEMMA cast includes:
· BJ Britt as Jay
· Brittany Hall as Monica
· Carl Anthony Payne II as Eddie
· Christopher B. Duncan as Howard
Will you be watching?
~Meik
Hey Mofos!
Tis the season for my favorite treat! PUMPKIN PIE! This is a throwback to my Mofochronicles vlog (and I sound like I can't breathe because I was still recovering from sinus surgery in 2019 LOL) but the debate still stands...who you repping? PUMPKIN PIE VS SWEET POTATO PIE?
Tis the holiday season and yeah it's the season of love, giving, receiving, sprinkling glitter, and hanging mistletoe, but when it comes to me..the recurring theme is heartbreak.
What you mean Meik?
I'm so glad you asked. Heartache is a mofo, especially at Christmas.
I just told the story on Blerd Dating about getting my marriage proposal dreams shattered on Christmas morning, but this particular story actually goes hand in hand with the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite albums. Stay with me--
Picture it.. the year was 19--errr that doesn't matter, but just know I had met my pretty boy thug life bae my senior year in high school. Yes I said pretty boy thug life. Let me break that down for you: He was a pretty boy with cornrows that wanted to be a damn thug so bad--but..well.. he tried.
Anyway, so we had been dating since Sept I think at this point and I was in love. He was 19 (or so his arse told me at the time and I found out later he LIED--he was 21 or 22) and I thought he was my soulmate. Mind you, he still lived at home with his mama, worked third shift, and during the day played thug life, and would pick me up from school or cheer practice-- cute right? Don't judge.. I was 17!!
We even had a song: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By-- yep. cute.
Anyhoo fast forward to December, I was so excited to FINALLLLLLY have a boyfriend to exchange Christmas gifts with. Lemme 'splain something, Meik Meik hasn't dated a whole lot.. even today, I can count on one hand the number of relationships that I've had, so let me have my joy.
I knew he was a hip hop head so I went to the music store and got him a couple of CD's by his favorite rappers, and well hell I'm old I can't recall what else I got but I do remember those two things!
So on Christmas Eve my mama tells me she needs me to go to Walmart to pick up a few things and so I took my little sister with me. We pull up into the parking lot and I see his car..
Some of y'all gonna know who it is when I describe this ish -- a Geo Prizm with dark arse windows with rims.
I'm like LOOK AT GOD-- I hadn't seen bae ALL DAY and here he is..and there was a parking space right in front of where he parked.
I whip my Buick Skylark into the space (don't even.... just don't.)
As I'm looking down for my purse, I hear my sister gasp and I look up at her like "WTF wrong witchu?"
I follow her gaze and look directly into his car.
Y'all.
*chokes*
Y'all.
My 17 year old heart is breaking all over again.
This light skinned negro and all his fuzzy cornrow'd glory was kissing the hell out of some chick in the front seat of his car. MY SEAT.. HIS LIPS WERE MY LIPS.. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLP
I just....
My sister looked at me.. then at him.. then at me.. then said.. "what do we do?"
Now I'm 6 years older so instead of showing my black arse in front of her, I jumped out of the car and did the only thing I could do....
RAN TO THE PAY PHONE! *for you young folks reading a pay phone is when you put coins into the phone in the telephone booth in order to use it--they are damn near obsolete now*
Yeah I don't get that damn decision either in hindsight but it seemed like a grand idea.
WHO THE F WAS YOU CALLING MEIK?
I am glad you asked. I called my mama dang it. I was hyperventilating and crying and telling her I CANNOT GO INTO WALMART FOR WHATEVAAAHHHH she needed..not while the pieces of my heart are laying on the ground.
So I make the long trek back to the car, trying not to look but I can't NOT look, but when I finally pick my head up to get one more glance, I see him walking towards me with that heffa behind him. THIS MOFO looks like "oh f.. " and I'm looking like "you mofo" and no words are exchanged, he goes into the store and I contemplate whether or not I should throw a rock at his damn window.
Instead I hop in the car and go home where I lock myself in my room and convince myself that I was seeing things.
So after a few hours I call him.
ring.... ring.... ring.....
The phone is picked up.. and I hear a female voice..and it ain't his mama or his sister..
Me: Can I speak to Pretty Boy Thug Life?
Her: He's in the shower can I have him call you back? Is this Shameika?
THIS BISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *fights air*
Me: *croaks* yessss
Her: Ok girl. I'll tell him.. Bye.
Me: Thank you, bye.
I know what y'all are thinking. This heffa he just slobbed down in the parking lot knows your name and you leave a message all cordial n ish? I told y'all I was naive!
So time goes by.. no phone call. I sit in the dark in my room with the one album that can help me pull through this heartache..
Mary J. Blige's My Life album. ONNNNNNLYYYY MJB knows the pain I'm going through. I went so far as to record this on my answering machine, cuz just in case he called he would KNOWWWWWW my mood:
But the phone never rang.
The only time I moved from that chair in my room was to lean over to my stereo hit play again so the CD would start over.
I'm pretty sure my family was fed up with that album.
Christmas Day comes and I sat there sniffing and snotting not caring one damn about a gift and finally my deddy was pissed.. and swore this negro was the grinch that stole EVERYBODY's Christmas and to this day he still ain't over it. Y'all thought I was petty..
The day after Christmas comes and armed with gift cards and red swollen eyes, I decide it's time to just take those two CD's back to the store and try to move on. BUT not without trying ONE more time to call because ..dumb.
Ring.. ring...ring..
Hello?
DAMMIT.. that same chick is answering the phone!
What do I do?!
Me: Pretty Boy Thug Life there?
Her: Shameika he cannot come to the phone. We are busy.
Then this bish proceeds to quote the lyrics to this song before she hangs up.
click.
Ya'll.... I cannot even listen to this song without getting mad.
If this had happened today... in the year of 2017 I think I might be locked up.
Did she really just do that and what are they busy doing?
So I do what anyone else would do.. go to my cousin's house and get her to call him with me on the other extension-- that blocking heffa still wouldn't give him the phone.
Fast forward to a week later, my phone rings-- answering machine picks up and I hear "Meika, hey, it's me."
I debate, pick it up or let him talk to the answering machine.
Y'all know I picked that phone right up! He apologizes over and over and asks if he can come pick me up and I'm like no but you can come over and explain everything but you can't come in, my deddy don't like you and frankly neither do I.
So he comes over, I go sit in his car while he tells me that this heffa was his ex and she was in town visiting and stayed with him and he didn't know what to do. Um.....
hmmm....
let's see.. you clearly told her you had a girlfriend sooooo.....
I tell him I took his Christmas gift back and he tells me he did the same. WTF.. no this isn't how this works.. YOU GIVE ME MY GIFT. YOU HURT ME!
So I had to ask what it was..and to this day I swear I don't think he bought that ish to begin with. He describes this outfit in great detail and then again in hindsight I'm thinking this was probably an outfit his "ex" had on and he couldn't think of ish else to say.
Long story short.. my dumb arse forgave him and we dated until I skipped off into the sunset and went to college, and we even tried to keep dating my first semester. I knew it was over once I realized all the potential college baes that actually had decent conversation and wanted ish out of life besides a new set of rims.
I knew it was over when I went home for a visit wearing my new Reebok Classics and this fool says "I saw on Maury that only hoes wear those kind of shoes."
Sir YOU are the hoe and we are done. I had found my clapback and embraced my MJB strength, I was gonna get me a college bae and a degree and never think of this mofo again.
Well...enter King Mofo and my life went down the hill after that. So you see, this is why Meik Meik can't date and have nice things.
Lesson Learned: Chile IDK I clearly didn't learn a damn thing cuz I got involved with King Mofo and stayed in that foolishness for 8 years..
Always in Gratitude,
~Meik
Tis the season for giving..if you're looking for gift ideas (to scoop up during those after Christmas sales--I see you.. I know how it goes down) then I'm here to help!
Now, I like to GIVE myself gifts as well! (Oh don't be like that, acting like I'm the only one that does that ish!) But, in case you are thinking of getting lil ole me a gift..lemme help you out.
There are some MUST HAVES to get me through the holiday season that will take me well on into the new year (YEAH COME ON 2015!!). After all, you want me to be happy right?
Since I love making lists, here we go!
1. A bottle of Sangria. Chile, pour me a glass of Sangria from Trader Joe's and you will have a happy camper for the evening.
2. Bath & Body Works Scents--now we all know that I LOVE Bath & Body Works--so it's only natural that I need candles, body spray, lotion, and anti-bacterial hand gel (I don't do germs or sick folks so that is a necessity alone!!)
3. A pair of comfy jeans! You can always dress up or dress down a pair of jeans, it is the essential staple that must go in the closet or in this case, my holiday survival kit.
4. A pair of ear buds or headphones. Chile some days it is #headphonesoverhumans (shout out to @CallMeDollar on Twitter for the phrasing!) because we all know when that family member or coworker starts tearing up your nerves, it's time to plug in and tune them out.
5. Of course, what good are ear buds without music? I'm old school, so all this downloading foolishness isn't for me, bring me a physical copy of a CD--since it's the holiday season, might as well make it some Christmas music! Anthony Hamilton's Home for the Holidays and Daron Jones' Christmas in Atlanta is a great start to add to the collection!
If I had a boo/bae/whatever name y'all call em these days. I'd probably do the best idea I've heard in a while, head over to the website ManCrates.com and get the Old School Man Crate because after all growing up is overrated and might as well take it back to the old school, cuz I'm an old fool that's so cool, sorry I drifted off into my rap-stress mode again, but it's a great crate!
Happy Holidays!! Let me know what you'd put in your holiday kit!
Until Later.. Meik
