The World According to Cheryl B.

Folks are crazy.

Yesterday, my husband, 2.5-month-old son and I went to CVS to get some pics printed for the visiting grandparents. I actually went into the store and left the men in the car to wait.  I was fluttering around looking for the right frame.  

Senator Roland Burris is a freakin' idiot.  Today, his taped conversations with disgraced former-Governor Blagojevich's brother were released.  If you listen to these tapes, you will be outraged as an American.  Sen. Burris seems to be agreeing to raise money for the governor in exchange for the open IL senate seat left by now President Obama.  I know nothing of Burris' political or social record before this incident, but I know his seat will be tainted throughout his term.  It's a shame that Obama's former seat is now a public embarrassment.  He should never have been confirmed in the first place since Gov. B was already under investigation for trying to sell the seat.  Before the tapes were released, he denied having such conversations with Gov. B's camp, but the tapes CLEARLY prove otherwise.

Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, died today after a tragic home accident.  I still can't believe she died.  I had seriously hoped and believed she would recover to see her family again.  I know Mike and his family must be devastated.  My heart goes out to all that knew and loved Exodus.  

That eloquent insult was spoken by my latest obsession - Former Heavy Weight Champion, Mike Tyson.  Last week, my husband and I went to the documentary "Tyson," by James Toback.  It was amazing.  I remember Tyson coming onto the scene when I was in college.  He may have been known earlier to most, but my first recollection was that the man who sounded like Minnie Mouse could kick some serious ass.  Because of the way he spoke, I thought he was an absolute buffoon.  I was baffled by his marriage to actress Robin Givens.  Folks said she married him for his dough, which I too believed at the time.  She was an educated, articulate, beauty and he was an uneducated, inarticulate, brute.  Why would he marry someone he knew would not accept him before he became the multi-millionaire HWC?  Con-foo-zed? Me too, until I watched "Tyson."

 "Tyson," completely changed my perception of this tortured soul.  Mike is not an idiot, but an articulate, sexy, kind, and vulnerable man with a touch of brutishness.  I see why Robin was taken with him.  There is something intriguing about a man who can handle THE business in the boudoir and also physically annihilate another human being.  Let's be clear: screw and annihilate, not make love and defend.  It's a basic animalistic appeal with no sophistication to quell our most hedonistic desires. In the movie, Mike Tyson states he likes strong, professional, modern women who he can dominate in the bedroom.  Many modern women, like me, want to be dickmatized and just relinquish control to be pleasured.  You must also be adored and know you are IT. In addition, we also want to know that our man can physically intimidate anyone who may want to harm us.  However, we don't want or expect to be the brunt of our man's aggression.  In real life, such men domestically use their fists instead of their words.  

Even though I'm uncharacteristically attracted to the older and wiser Mike Tyson, I know I could never be with someone like him.  He is too unpredictable and tormented by his turbulent teen-hood.  He does not trust and cannot accept love.  (His analysis, not mine.)  I could not respect nor love a man who could not use his mind and his words to handle me, or an uncomfortable situation.  A Heady Wise Champion, who can screw and also make love, is the ultimate prize, no?   

This is my very first entry.  I will be speaking quite freely about my likes, dislikes, observations and experiences related to "Life According to Cheryl."