Golden Tickets: "I’m willing to wear a wire and set Jesus up"

Sometimes I wonder how in this time and age when majority of people are now very ‘tear-eyed’ or streetwise another larger portion of people are still very gullible. Pardon me if I'm being too judgmental but I really have no better way of saying it other than to say that “some people are damn stupid”. Once again please pardon my choice of words.

At this stage, I’ll leave you to be the judge given the following scenario. I was going through the internet a couple of minutes ago and stumbled on an article which caught my attention with the caption “couple arrested for selling ‘golden tickets to heaven’”  and the first words that jumped out of my mouth was “what! Are people still this gullible at this time and age”?

Now check this out! The couple Tito and Amanda Watts sold the tickets on the street for $99.99 per ticket (about N21k presently), told buyers the tickets were made from solid gold and each ticket reserved the buyer a spot in heaven  once the recipients  present the tickets at the pearly heavenly gates.

Some of the questions a sane person would ask when approached with such a sale would be ‘what is the guarantee, where is the pearly gate located and how does one get there knowing that some people die and get buried or cremated or what have you?   

Speaking with a colleague of mine on the issue, he said that it was not new to him and went on to talk about how he read somewhere many years ago on how people actually bought tickets for “sins they had not committed” so that in the future when they eventually commit those sins, they can go on to use the tickets which were at the time called “indulgencies” as penitence for the remission of their sins.

According to Tito and Amanda Watts in their police statement as reported by Stuppid, Tito who showed no remorse given his exact words  “I don’t care what the police say. The tickets are solid gold… it ain’t cut up two by fours I spray painted gold. And it was Jesus who give them to me behind the KFC and said to sell them so I could get me some money to go to outer space. I met an alien named Stevie who said if I got the cash together he’d take me and my wife on his flying saucer to his planet that’s made entirely of crack cocaine. You can smoke all the crack cocaine there you want… totally free. So, try to send an innocent man to jail and see what happens. You should arrest Jesus because he’s the one that gave me the golden tickets and said to sell them. I’m willing to wear a wire and set Jesus up…

However, Amanda on the other hand sounded like she was alienating herself as a full accomplice given her statement said “We just wanted to leave earth and go to space and smoke rock cocaine. I didn’t do nothing. Tito sold the golden tickets to heaven. I just watched.

Now what would you have me say? Am I hereby pardoned for making those statements at the beginning of this write-up? What are your thoughts? Are some people not really plain stupid? Police said they confiscated over $10,000 in cash, five crack pipes and a baby alligator. The couple no doubts were already 'high' on crack (if you ask me).

So what are your thoughts?

When you raise a 17-year old versus when you manage a 17-year old

Michelle Obama and Kris Jenner with daughters

Going through Facebook a short while ago, I stumbled on the pictures (insert) of Michelle Obama and Kris 'Kardashian' Jenner with their respective 17-year old daughters with the caption “When you raise a 17-year old, versus when you manage a 17 year old.” This got me thinking on how a lot of women, especially mothers, are letting down their guard when it comes to raising kids (specifically the girl-child) these days.

Attending a children’s party sometime last year, I was amazed to see a young child dancing suggestively and with abandon. The mother was watching with a wide smile, unabashed in the least by her daughter’s unedifying performance. She kept clapping excitedly, blissfully unaware – or uncaring – of the disapproving glares of other mothers, because the little girl’s dance moves depicted nothing other than VULGARITY – twerking/twirling/wriggling around her wire-like waist, with dance moves which would make Beyonce and Shakira green with envy.

Back to the picture above, about “raising vs. managing a child,” what is your opinion of this picture? Teen Kardashian is trying to be a diva *already* and a celeb in front of the camera – and barely looking at her mum, while teenage Malia Obama is being a child, as she laughs sweet-naturedly into her mother’s ear, as if sharing a girls-only secret, and giving the impression of a happy and properly raised child than a ‘managed’ one. Thus for some people, raising a child could be either a motherly calling or simply a business or a chore. 

In the end, motherhood is a matter of choice – not a matter of chance.

Fashion: Let’s take it Off-The-Shoulders

From back in the days if there is one fashion inclination that fashionistas keep reinventing soon after it goes out of trend, it’s the off-the-shoulders outfit. Irrespective of the kind of shoulder you possess, there’s always something nice in the form of dresses, tops, gowns or even trousers and jumpsuits *you name it* for everyone. And hey! Before you run off to get one for yourself take a breather and see if the skin around your shoulder is polished enough to show off in these trending outfits. 

And also by the way, when I say ‘polished’ I DO NOT  necessarily mean ‘bleached’ out skin but well nurtured (black, ebony or naturally fair complexioned) and evenly toned skin and with the right amount of  I’m-a-diva-check-me-out attitude the style feels just as right for any outing. Take the trend away from the regulars and instead opt for monochrome tailored separates or mid-length skirts with daring cut-outs. 

Finally, make sure you go for a good strapless bra and a quick dusting of bronzer on the décolletage (the bare skin around your neck/chest/cleavage) to ensure the look is red-carpet (if that’s where you want to go) ready. So, let’s go to town to dazzle with some beautifully well-cut off-the-shoulder outfits just like in the pictures (from vogue)  below.

             Dakota Johnson                              Amanda Seyfried                    Candice Swanpoel

                                                                      

              Jourdan Dunn                                Charli XCX                                Alexa Chung

           Chloe Moretz                                                  Elle Fanning                                              Emma Watson