100th_Monkey It takes BP days to approve a photo, Absurd! - Yesterday add/view comments (0)

Well first off, I have to set some ground rules. No, it's not because I'm egotistical, it's simply that my time is valuable to me. If time is not valuable to you then that's your life and I wont hassle you about it. I have 10 golden rules.

1. My presence on here does not in any way, shape, or form implicate that I'm sexually deprived, desperate, or depressed. You probably don't hear that too often from fellas on here but in addition to wasting my own time, I won't waste yours. Don't prejudge!

2. Speaking of fellas, guys . . . I'm straight! Bottom line! I won't go into a long tirade about how straight I am, because that's overkill. You just have to take my word for it. But if you're straight and just trying to make a new friend, I can respect that. I'm not too good to make new male friends.

3. White girls . . . Nothing against white girls however, if you're gonna step to me, step to me AS a white girl. (asumming of course you think I'm worth stepping to). Don't step to me with ghetto sass, your camera phone pictures of you bending over in your bathroom mirror while trying to prove how "hood" you are. I could care less that you got your hair braided, and that your baby daddy is black, or that your homegirl is named "Peaches", or that you think you're "thick" because you've managed to squeeze your size 14 booty in a size 6 pair of jeans. I'm not impressed. Really I'm not. In fact, I'm insulted when white chicks step to me with black swagger. I don't subscribe to Minstrel shows. Just be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else. In other words, just be yourself! And one more thing; if you want to be taken seriously by black men, I suggest you girls stop using profile names like, "Snow Flake, Vanilla Cupcake, White Chocolate, Snow Bunny, Ivory Fresh, White Sugar, White Bread," and other silly titles. Just BE-YOUR-SELF! And another thing ladies, stop saying how much you love black people when you have 100 photos of you and your friends at the club and not a black person in site anywhere in your photos!

4. Sisters . . . If you're looking for Mr. Ruffneck, gangsta thug, Lil Wayne try-to-be, ra-ra type brotha, I'm not the one! You might as well keep browsing. I don't do the Internet Thug thing. And by the way; please don't call me "Boo," I'm not a spook. Also, some of you ladies are just as bad as some of the white girls with the goofy names, (Black Berries, Ghetto Dutches, Gutter Nutter, Black Love, Thickums, SxyThick). Tone -It - Down!

5. Some people on here request people just to get their numbers up because evidently, it's a popularity contest. If that's your goal with me, don't even bother. I'll accept you but if there's no communication within a reasonable time period, I don't care how hot you are and how pretty you are, I will delete you quicker than a hiccup. If you blink - you'll miss me.

6. A healthy, somewhat intelligent grown man cyber-sexing is . . . well,  absurd. Enough said! Don't even ask. And another thing ladies, keep your legs closed on some of these photos. We know what's there. You can still be sexy and classy.

7. If you're one of those people that throw the "N" word around like a frisbie, I won't even deal with you. If you're white and you use the, "N" word because you think you're black by default or because we black folk use it, WRONG! I definitely will not deal with you. In other words, just don't use it. Better safe than sorry.

8. If you're a grown butt woman and you have any of the following: gold teeth, red-dyed hair, tattoos on your belly, finger waves, shaved eyebrows and then penciled back in, or head bands - don't even waste your time! If you're a grown woman talking about, "someone hating on me," or  "baby daddy," (I'm not saying you can't have a baby's daddy , but if you're a grown woman and using the TERM: "Baby's Daddy" instead of  "My child's father,") don't talk to me. I don't have time for bufoonery.

9. Everyone: I know you're proud of your little photos and you love to show them to the world, especially the ones you take of yourself in the mirror. However, if you're going to take photos, I suggest that you please make sure your house is clean! I can't tell you how disconcerting it is to see your dirty clothes scrawled all over your floor behind you, your nasty dishes in the sink and your funky panties in background hanging from your shower rod. Clean YOUR damn house!

I don't think I'm asking too much. Just a little respect. I get along with everyone, I'm not into social dramatizations, and I can hold a conversation. I'm college educated and college graduated. I can go to the hood or Hollywood without either one ever questioning why I'm there. I've been near and abroad and I'm tolerant of ignorance but not tolerant of the lack of common sense. All I ask is that you exercise a little common sense before hitting the button to befriend me. And for the record, I have no tolerance for racism. Do not, do not, do not, send me a message about anyone on my page and their ethnicity. If that's how you feel, that's your opinion. You keep looking for your, "proverbial" strong black brother but I will say this; your so-called strong black "brotha" will dip his little cookie in a glass of milk the first chance he gets. Treat everyone with respect because at the end of the day, we're all just trying to make it.

Now that we got that out of the way . . . Of course my real name isn't 100th Monkey. If you know anything about philosophical theory, you'd know that the, "Hundredth Monkey Effect" story is a parable, implying human society and the effecting of positive change therein. Google it, because I don't have the time to explain it all. But my name is Rob. Yes, I'm 40 years old. I'm a personal trainer, former fitness model and former competitive bodybuilder. Today I just try to stay in shape for myself and to be healthy. However, I'm not judgmental of other people's size, weight, or personal habits. Who am I to judge? It is what it is and I only intervene if you ask for my help. Other than that - you do what you got to do. So there, I got all the important issues out of the way, everything else is all about good conversation.