Why #iCan't with Macklemore Anymore

Macklemore and his fake social activism is more tiresome than the people defending him as "the best hip-hop anything, ever… even though we've never actually listened to hip-hop." But the more his old tweets surface, the more sketchy and inconsistent his claims of dependency and recovery become, the more he tries to claim this loving relationship with Kendrick Lamar, and the less Mary Lambert gets acknowledged for her major contribution to his success, the harder it gets for me to stick with my original thoughts of "I LOVE this guy! I just think there are certainly better hip-hop artists who are actually hip-hop, rather than hip-pop."


I mean, these 2009 tweets of his are real and verified [not that anyone was trying to pretend to be Macklemore in 2009 anyway]:

Not exactly the beacon of LGBT rights, is he? And don't give me that, "this was five years ago; maybe he changed" crap. If you read his interviews, he allegedly came to his enlightened positions on LGBT rights when he was young. You know... That uncle he's always invoking?

His tales of dependency and recovery make no sense. He always claims alcohol dependency but the drugs he claims change every time he gives an interview. It started with OxyContin dependency, and now his claim is weed and sizzurup (Google it). But he's also never been to an NA meeting and claims he's too busy to do AA consistently. I get that not all sober people do AA or NA, but if you know any recovered addicts, you know they aren't dealing with his (alleged) drug issues at AA meetings. Also, he's going to AA when it's convenient for him to bring along a Rolling Stones reporter; but he's clearly busier than Ben Affleck (who regularly attends meetings), even though no one knew who the heck Macklemore was back in 2008, which is the time he "more or less" got sober. Which is another thing. Tell me one recovered addict (other than Macklemore) who can't tell you the day s/he had his/her last drink/hit, let alone year. Seriously, he doesn't know the year?? I mean, maybe he was soberish and slipped or has never fully and truly done a recovery program but is still sober. That's still great. But why do you feel the need to bring an interviewer along when you actually decide to go to a meeting??? This self-promotion crap is so old... so very tired.

People are starting to catch on to this guy. These old tweets have found new life today. Even the women at Jezebel (who love him so very much) are starting to talk about it (http://groupthink.jezebel.com/presented-without-comment-1509651073).

Look Macklemore defenders, it isn't that we can't accept a white rapper. We accept Eminem just fine. Snow too. Bestie Boys, hell yes! It isn't that we can't accept rappers who don't sing about bling-bling, bitches,and hoes either. The list of rappers who defy that stereotype is actually really long. Anyone who actually listens to hip-hop could rattle off 10 socially conscious hip-hop artists in 10 seconds. People who think rap is only about "bitches and hoes" and guns and bling clearly know nothing about rap—not its roots and not its present. The problem with Macklemore isn't his whiteness and it isn't his (alleged) consciousness; it's his personal narrative and his placement. 

The man can flow. He would've been famous even if he acknowledged his past dickishness and didn't try to fabricate this haggard backstory. But now, here's where the famous backlash begins. If Macklemore befalls the same fate as Vanilla Ice, it won't be the "white rapper" curse; it'll be the "big liar" curse. Lying didn't work for Milli Vanilli, and it shouldn't work for him either. 

Also, I'm sorry, but Macklemore isn't everything in rap. He can't even get played on most hip-hop channels, but he owns every pop station. And, again, don't give me that "it's because he's white" shit, because Eminem has an entire channel on Sirius/XM (Shade 45)

It's a damn shame Macklemore turned out to be such a putz, because I really like some of his music. 
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Pop Culture Dad on Matthew McConaughey's Golden Globes Acceptance Speech

Watching Matthew McConaughey's possibly drunken and definitely weird, messed up, and slightly-disrespectful-to-two-of-his-fellow-nominees acceptance speech evoked a lot of reaction in my household. But I have to say, Pop Culture Dad's was the best.

In response to this:


He quoted (in part) this:

Stewie: You know Matthew, I may never get another chance to say this so I just want to get this off my chest.
You are just awful, you're one of the worst actors in the history of film and I think you need to just go away
Matthew Mcconaughey: Oh thanks man, the truth is I spend at least 90% of my year going away, exploring exotic places, having sex with my beautiful girlfriend, just doing sit-ups, I mean that really... and then counting money.
The money that I made off my terrible films I put out into the American populous because they just love to see me doing what it is that I do.
Stewie: Yes but you're not hearing me... 'Dazed and Confused' was the one thing that was passable after that...
Matthew Mcconaughey: Oh thanks man that actually launched my career
Stewie: After that, everything else was awful, 'Contact' They didn't even need you in that movie, they could have done the whole movie without you
Matthew Mcconaughey: I know, I know I said the same thing, but they were just like - Oh we need a good looking guy with a great ass and some tight abs to provide some down home enthusiasm to this picture. Something to counter balance Jodie Foster, they took her to be slightly cold, uh unapproachable so they put me in there.
I said it didn't make any sense. Said the same thing about that Bill Murray elephant movie but they said well the audience needs you.
Stewie: You make me physically sick to my stomach and I wish you that would get a heart attack.
Matthew Mcconaughey: I totally feel you man, the truth of the matter is I don't like my movies either but man they keep offering me money and I do it and I get to around the world, I mean did you see 'Sahara'. I'll tell you what that movie gave me, was the opportunity to take an Airstream all across the country and sell that picture one person at a time.
Stewie: You suck donkey ass
Matthew Mcconaughey: Hey you can't prove that
(Family Guy, "The Former Life of Brian")

And wished this had happened at the end:



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And I Shall Buy a Thousand Swiffers!

Have you seen the new Swiffer commercial?? The one with Zack Rukavina,the guy who lost his arm to cancer, and his beautiful multiracial family?? I almost cried tears of joy when I saw it this morning. We already have a Swiffer mop, but we will never buy generic refills again. More money to Swiffer and its wonderful ad team!!




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The Birth of a Playroom

Once upon a time, Pop Culture Dad and I had a formal study. It was a beautiful and rich red, drybrush-painted by yours truly. It was such a fantastic room that it housed many of our family pictures. Actually, that's pretty much all it did unless we were throwing a party.

Ah... Sigh... So adult...

Two of many family pictures taken in this room



Then one day... I got tired—not of the room, mind you—of picking my kids' toys up from the living room floor and dragging them upstairs to the playroom. Suddenly, I had an idea: Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a playroom downstairs?? Granted, this wasn't an earth-shattering idea, but, still, it took me four and a half years to figure that out.

So one day when I was home alone, I moved most of the study furniture upstairs to the play area and moved all the toys downstairs to the former study. But something still wasn't right... So I decided to give my kids a magnetic chalkboard.
Before
After
They love it!!
But me being me [an ADD mind at rest can be a very dangerous thing], the chalkboard wasn't enough... So I decided to paint a meadow on the back wall and a beach on the front. 

And that still wasn't enough, so I decided to... well... see for yourself:
Yes, that's brick (well, Flexi-Brick). And, yes, I did that ♬♪♩ all by myseeeeelf ♩♪♬ (as is kind of apparent from the workmanship, ha ha)

And somehow, the murals, the magnetic chalkboard, and the awesome brick were just not enough for me. So Pop Culture Dad and I enlisted the help of a couple of my uncles, who do a lot of construction work. We had them add a wall and French doors to the previously open room, along with some molding. Once we had a brand-spanking new wall, I connected the meadow and the beach. We've added some furniture (comfortable seating for adults, a thick rug from Home Goods, the train table Super Girl got for her second birthday, and toys, toys, and more toys). 

An earlier stage of "completion"

"Where did that come from??" (Little Diva on the morning of her 2nd birthday)
Now that we have less (okay, NO) adult parties and more (alright, ALL) kiddie-friendly ones, this downstairs room really comes in handy!
partygoers in "Marina's Makeover Salon" at Little Diva's Fresh Beat Band-themed 5th birthday party


















This transformation took me quite a bit of time. I started in late March and have been slowly making changes whenever I could find the time. I did all of the painting and bricking myself. Most of the decals and stickers (the Disney Fairies, the flowers, the little girls, and the owl) were done by the Pop Culture Girls [and by "done," I of course mean they fought over them, ripped them, put them in hopelessly illogical places, and then eventually asked me for help putting them somewhere normal].

You'll also notice that I am readily sharing pictures of a non-tidy playroom. It is a playroom. Yes, the Pop Culture Girls are required to put their toys away (to the best of their two- and five-year old abilities). Yes, the adults come in later and really clean the room (not every day, geez!). But this is the room in its natural and intended state. The whole purpose of this room was to keep these toys out of my living room. While that goal has not been met 100% (and I have the Lego-related foot injuries to prove it), the situation has improved 1000%. Not to mention, this room has become a pretty amazing conversation piece whenever someone enters our house for the first time (or the first time in forever).

Huzzah!!

To recap...

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