I Heart BROS!

And by bros i mean white boys and guys from other races that party like white boys. They crack me up! I was in Chicago last weekend and my boy DMays was telling about the arts of Icing! Apparently this is a national phenomenon that black people know nothing about! This is how it works...If you are in a public (or private) setting and someone presents you a Smirnoff Ice, you are then required to get on one knee and chug the Smirnoff.

Here's a "how to" video...enjoy :)


and a shorter one, just for kicks :)

I'm Back Bee-Yoches

Back by popular demand!!! Didnt know that my 30 post from last summer were so popular! I was reading back on my first post and my best friend Dest commented "You're funnier on here than u r in real life" hahahahaha....I AM!!!! thats the sad part. So, the site has been redesigned, it kind of reflects a little bit of maturation that I've had over the past year. However, some things don't change and the contents of this blog is one of them. Therefore, if you are new (or if you have forgotten)...

There's a few things that you should know about this blog:

1). (this may be the most important) It's RANDOM as HELL!!!! It's a mix between informing my readers about whats poppin for the day ( & night), random stories about what happen when my friends and I went to these places, and random stories & pictures that I find will surfing the net @ my dry ass job .

2). I sometimes like to spell words how I want you to read them such as speh-cee-ale (that would be special with a spanish accent)

3). I like to plug for people, so if my friends are doing something cool I might just shout them out

4). It's called RoseRNTRed because it's not typical. You will not find events on here that you would usually attend, you will not find stories on here that you read on the other 500 blogs that you read for the day, you will not find all the gossip stories (however you may find 1 or 2 that I think are absolutely outlandish!!!)

6). (DISCLAIMER) I don't have a computer...i can only post @ work lol so when my job is not dry, I might not be posting (Sadly this is still true)

7). A lot of these stories may be surrounded around me being poor lol...thats just the way it is! (sadly, this is still true also O_o)

Snitches Get Stitches

Well...i hope thats not the case cause i am SNITCHING MY ASS OFF (SMAO)!!! Via: DCist

We frequently hear complaints during the school year about groups of kids on their way home from school misbehaving and causing problems on the city's public transit system. And now WMATA is encouraging you to lodge those complaints with Metro Transit Police. Metro has designated a specific phone number, 202-962-2118, to report disruptive behavior on the part of kids. The transit agency also says it will be deploying additional officers to trouble spots during the after-school hours, in an effort to break up trouble before it escalates.

WHAT!?!? You mean to tell me there is a number that I can call when these little hoodrats on the train and the bus get out of pocket. Thank you Jesus! I wonder what happens when you call though. Is Metro Police giving out tickets? What they need to do is make the hoodrats sit in a room with a dead ipod and make them listen to something really annoying like Opera music until they snap. I feel like I'm gonna scream when my pod dies and i have to listen to them scream at each other. Its only fair

Republicans Have NO Manners

I'm not very into politics but I do try to stay up on the current events happening in the world. This article that I read this morning hit pretty close to home and kinda pissed me off!

Via: The Washington Independent

Michael Steele might have lost them when he talked about hip-hop. Early into his Sept. 1 event at Howard University, a well-promoted affair that filled a small ballroom, the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee went on a tangent about his seven-month-old musings on how the GOP could appeal to voters in “urban/suburban hip-hop settings.” The audience, mostly students of the historically black college, listened raptly...Steele-"You have amongst you right now a generation of African-American entrepreneurs who are creating incredible wealth, and they’re investing it, some of it, in the community. They’re controlling that wealth. How are they doing it? Well, instead of the publisher or the record company owning the rights to their music, they own the record company.”Not for the the last time, a few members of the crowd furrowed their brows, looking confused.

Damn right people were confused. WTF Chairman Michael Steele! Do you feel like the only way you can relate, "be down", "get Jiggy" with HBCU students is to talk about hip-hop? As a Howard University Alumni I am truly offended. This would not be the topic of conversation at a town hall meeting at USC, Yale, or even up the street at University of MD. Excuse me, Howard is a very prestigious African American University and the students expect to be treated accordingly. As a black man, you expect more from us as we expect more from you. This is a town hall meeting, how about you speak about the ISSUES instead of tryna be the next Jay-Z.

UGH...no f'ing manners!!!

BTW (and if you are a Howard student you know this) we can talk about Howard all day but as soon as an outside person tries to disrespect our school, we will come at your throat buddy and it will not be pleasant.

Man I Miss My Dog...(Blog)!

Hello all RosesRntRed supporters. I truly apologize if I was one of your bookmarked pages and you were waiting so patiently to hear about the latest and greatest in DC and I let you down everyday. Well...I'm back and I promise to never leave you again. So much has happened since my last post. I turned 22, school started and I didn't have a school to go to :(, Chris Brown went out like a punk on Larry King, but what you can always count on is Obama being the man and your favorite blogger Aye being broke as hell lol! I have a lot to say! So anywho...like my man Jezzy said (I think it was Jezzy...maybe it was just D Mays), I'm back like never left! Lets GET GET GET IT!

The ITIS

Today's recipe is inspired by my roommate Doi! She brought Spaghetti Squash to a cookout yesterday. It was pretty good tho. Lets put a spin on it! INGREDIENTS
1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
3 tablespoons sliced black olives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Place spaghetti squash cut sides down on the prepared baking sheet, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a sharp knife can be inserted with only a little resistance. Remove squash from oven, and set aside to cool enough to be easily handled.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic, and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, and cook only until tomatoes are warm.
Use a large spoon to scoop the stringy pulp from the squash, and place in a medium bowl. Toss with the sauteed vegetables, feta cheese, olives, and basil. Serve warm.

Weekend Rundown!!!

Wow! This weekend was sooooo eventful. If you sat in the house you truly missed out. But...I'll rub all of my fun in your face lol and hopefully you'll get some ideas of what to do next weekend.

FRIDAY

Jazz @ The Sculpture Garden

All i can say is beef kabobs, sangria, jazz, and random conversations with 50 year old couples lol. We had a blast! I would definitely do it again.

RANDOM STORY: So...we're talking to this couple for about 2 or 3 hours about life and other random subjects lol. We get on the topic of Yoga with the lady. She goes on to tell us that the worst position for her is the "Down Doggie"...(definitely called Down Facing Dog)...Her husbands face lights up and he says "Oh I like that, Down Doggie, we need to try that together" lmao. Our conversation turned a whole nother direction lol. This looks like a couple that gets it in anywhere and everywhere lol.

U St.I'm usually not for U St. I've been there so many times and its starting to get boring. However, Friday brought it back for me. We had soooo much fun bar hopping! Marvins to Policy to Saint Ex. Friday was the first time I went Saint Ex. I don't remember too much about it because it came at the end of the night and.....yeah i just dont remember too much lol. I do remember it was HOT as HAITIS downstairs but the music was great! I rapped all of Children's Story with this random guy lol....good times.

*This photo was taken on U St. election night 2008....i was there....insane!

SATURDAY

Summer Spirit Festival with Foreign Exchange, Chrisette Michelle, Chuck Brown, Raphael Saadiq, and Erykah Badu

On a scale of 1-10...I'd give my experience a 7. Don't get me wrong, the concert was great. I think i might be a little bit biased. It started at 5:30 and to my surprise it actually started on time lol. Of course my friends and I we're not on time at all. We missed Foreign Exchange and that was kind of a bummer because I love them. We came in the middle of Chrisette Michelle's set but it took us forever to get to our seats so we missed her too. Chuck Brown came out and did his thing. It was cool for like the 1st hour but he stayed on stage for sooooooooo long!!!! I mean, was he the headliner and I just didn't get the memo? After Long Winded Brown got off stage Raphael Saadiq hopped on. He was okay but he was singing a whole but of new songs that nobody knew. So....that was kinda dry. Then my girl Erykah Badu stepped on in there 11 in. heals lol. She killed it! She sang "I Want You" and I pretty much went crazy lol. Her set was really short though, maybe 45 minutes. I think it was because stupid Chuck Brown took all the time! All in all....it was okay, I would love to see Ms. Badu by herself.

SUNDAY

Got my Jesus on at Shiloh Baptist Church. "9th and P is the place to be" lol.

Malcolm X Park

Went there last night. Such a weird and awesome place on Sundays - where you hear drum beats, see capoiera, and smell incenses. My friends and I played some drums and hit on a couple cow bells. There was an African dance class going on and everything. It goes on till night fall....good times