tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:39:17 +0000<img src="http://gorealer.com/GOREALER.COM.jpg"><p><b>Because mere REALITY is just a television show.</b></p>http://gorealer.blogspot.com/info@gorealer.com (muMs)Blogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-2889661325152209921Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:06:00 +00002009-08-26T20:30:00.116-04:00molestationshort storyWhile doing research on Molestation and girl gang life, I came across this short story by a woman only known as 'dramatizedent' on a website called experienceproject.com. Her story is captivating, heart-wrenching, honest and brave. I reprinted it here for convenience.I AM NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING!!!!"I was interested in sexual things at a very young age. What seems to me now- being 24- http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/while-doing-research-on-molestation-and.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-8599971722580948973Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:58:00 +00002009-08-24T10:16:43.151-04:00true speak: Marijuana may be a short cut to the imagination. For me it is good for the contemplation phase of creating; Good for pulling ideas from everyday life and jotting them down without any form whatsoever. What I find more affective at unblocking the blocked artist is deadlines. Not the type of deadlines that you impose upon yourself. Those are easily broken. Someone has to impose a http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/cheeba-and-deadlines.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-5741254196592519918Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:51:00 +00002009-08-21T10:14:17.979-04:00PoetPoemIf I could freeze just this moment of you; command the earth to stand still so that I may observe the simplicity that is beauty so grand, I’d want to protect it fiercely, keep it from the world and those that see you as I do. The manly fragility in me would divert sense, logic, pride, integrity, maturity and self-discipline until all that is left is emotionality and the need to make it last for http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/selfishness-born-of-beauty.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-2942523902613786073Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:56:00 +00002009-08-14T23:08:58.565-04:00craig muMs grantartistsirmumsilaARTIST (ar'tist) n.1. a) one who practices an art in which conception and execution are governed by imagination, style, and taste. b) a person skilled in one of the fine arts. c) a craftsman that executes his art with individual style.2. often their work is judged according to the culture and the attitude placed on art at the time. Although they may earn recognition during their lifetime, they http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/definition-of-artist.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-6152562972627123422Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:19:00 +00002009-08-12T04:02:10.308-04:00DUMBeducationamericaSo I've been following this Health Care bill and debate that President Obama is pushing hard. I am so disgusted by all the hate that is being spewed towards him while he is trying to make going to the doctor something all Americans can do. As an artist, money for health care is something that I can't seem to afford with any type of regularity. I can't play a pick up game of basketball or a littlehttp://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/dumb-america.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-1135552084261377292Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:32:00 +00002009-08-06T20:38:48.496-04:00chrysantemumsmuMslabyrinth theater companycraig muMs grantsirmumsilaI'm Back from outter space... and I just need to vent. make me a point about not worrying. Dream, dream big, write with no spell check, take pictures in regular light when people ain't looking, if you feel like doing a Michael Jackson spin in the subway at rush hour, do it! Go after your dreams and put no pretenses on your existence here on the planet cause who the F knows right?Yeah it me muMs,http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-back.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-6170632577715349562Thu, 14 May 2009 22:40:00 +00002009-05-14T22:15:07.584-04:00George LucasWolverineTerence HowardWill.i.amRED TAILSNe-YoMethod ManCGII just talked to my man who just got back from a month in Prague shooting the upcoming George LucasFIlm, RED TAILS. Based on the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, RED TAILS is a fictional take on the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II. It's penned by John Ridley whose writing credits include Three Kings, U Turn, Barbershop and Undercover Brother. Ridley's http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/05/tuskegee-airmen-star-wars-style-red.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-1196454720745781831Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:10:00 +00002009-02-24T03:15:38.991-05:00I DIDN'T WRITE THIS. just so you know.TRENTON - The state Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would decriminalize marijuana use for some medical purposes in New Jersey, and one of the bill's sponsors said he was taken aback by residents' reactions to the proposal. "I've been pleasantly surprised that the overwhelming response has been positive," said state Sen. Jim Whelanread more | http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-jersey-votes-today-on-bill-to.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-5700687456663383176Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:44:00 +00002009-02-07T10:46:06.032-05:00These walls work in my favor forging me as steele as I push for freedom. I got knocked on the humble for smoking an el out front SPA one night- summer of 98 or so. I was twist and happy. Things is good, I’m celebrating. Life got purpose. I’m making more than decent chedar. Honey’s is checking for me, I’m swaggering. Blah blah blah go the talk between me and my mans and them out front SPA, el ash http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/02/art-of-enclosure-surviving-bid.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-4000466042079598308Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:10:00 +00002009-02-03T05:02:46.230-05:00Barack ObamaCharles DarwinAbraham LincolnFebruary 12, 2009 will mark the 200th birthday for Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. These two great mens names are rarely mentioned in the same sentence but one of the few comparisons between the two other than their shared birthday is that both Lincoln and Darwin opposed slavery at a time when slavery was a popular occurrence.    Lincoln is quoted as saying, "Whenever I hear any one arguing http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-real-mavericks.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-5798546426234432785Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:35:00 +00002009-02-03T13:20:32.169-05:00Barack ObamaMichael SteeleRNC Former lieutenant governor of Maryland Michael Steele has become the first African American head of the Republican National committee.Really? What a year for the brothers huh?!I got used to seeing and hating Michael Steele tow the republican party line in TV punditry land. He would repeat all the republican talking points during the campaign season: the Bill Ayers, the The Rev. Wright (who http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/02/barack-obama-is-abraham-lincoln-michael.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-7109289359303095296Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:48:00 +00002009-02-01T01:01:29.700-05:00Jay-ZBarack ObamaYoung JeezyI'm probably a little late on this but it stuck with me. I just watched the performance of Jay-z and young Jeezy at President Obama's Inauguration last week. I found out about this because Bill O'reilly talked about. Not that I normally watch Fox news but... well yeah I do from time to time just for a laugh. If you don't know already Jay and Jeez were filmed performing Jay's new song "My http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-president-is-black.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-7852967836694729771Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:55:00 +00002008-12-22T04:12:41.911-05:00InvocationBarack Obamasame-sex marriageRick WarrenInaugurationabortionA lot of people are up in arms about President-Elect Obama asking pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration on January 20th. Pastor Rick Warren is the author of the top selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life" and is also a big supporter of the proposition 8 initiative that was passed in California in November banning gay marriage. Gay marriage is an explosive issue in http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/12/invoking-sense-of-grey.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-1332554775273726659Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:23:00 +00002008-12-10T09:11:09.543-05:00Paxico BurressMicheal VickOJ SimpsonPlaxico Burress is an idiot. I don't think too many people will disagree with that statement. Wait here's another: Michael Vick is an idiot. I bet I'm 2 for 2, right? How about this, OJ Simpson is a monumental idiot. I find it hard not to see them and be embarrassed. Obviously it is because they are black. Each of them had careers that I could only dream of having and made piles of money. Plaxicohttp://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/12/fn-idiots.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-5566427824147774128Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:15:00 +00002008-10-06T15:26:48.617-04:00Black PowerSo people, my GOREALER blog got picked up by an online magazine called BlackPower.comIt goes live next week, check it out.gorealerhttp://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/10/black-power.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-3498483469499148370Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:51:00 +00002008-10-08T12:25:42.085-04:00atheismgodmatthew alpercreationismScience vs religionevolutionchristianitycarl saganEVOLUTION WARSThe battle of Science (Evolution) vs. Religion (Creationism) is heating up faster than a cup of water on a bonfire. It is really hard for me to remain unbiased in this debate. I guess I am no journalist. I find it hard to believe that after all of what science has given us in this world, there are some that would really want an alternative to evolution taught in schools. I am by farhttp://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/10/everything-is-everything.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-7111054346946525015Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:48:00 +00002008-09-30T18:55:08.085-04:00Forget the Freedom Tower.Judging by the state of the economy right now by the time the new tower is erected there won't be any banks left to occupy it. If they really wanted to honor the dead they'd turn that entire space into a park and let the lights forever shine. And don't parade the families out there every year to read off the over 3000 names of the dead. It is very bad taste. Just my http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/09/freedom-lights.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-7920945451486186875Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:51:00 +00002008-09-21T09:13:57.388-04:00So Im having my workshop reading of my epic poetic one-man play. I'd love it if you could make it. muMsONE NIGHT ONLY!Saturday, October 4th@ 7pmThe Hip-Hop Theater Festival presents a workshop reading of The Paradox of the Urban ClicheWritten and Performed by Craig "muMs" GrantDirected by Sarah SidmanAugustus Jefferson Caesar, his block proper name Ceez,almost unseen, learns the hard way,the http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/09/paradox-of-urban-cliche.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-3427411247262882682Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:28:00 +00002008-09-21T13:33:12.786-04:00Leman BrothersAIGthe war on terrorAnn Coulterwall streetBear SternsAlan GreenspanJames David ManningHurricane IKE smacked Texas around like her name was Tina.Ok I know that was in bad taste. That's why I waited over a week to say it. It's funny though. I was watching Bill Maher last night and he held up a picture similar to this and said that if this were a terrorist act we would be losing our collective American shit. I agree. the point he was making is that we are obsessed with needing to http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/09/war-on-stupidity.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-7522437379148103046Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:23:00 +00002008-09-09T09:44:25.231-04:00RepublicanObama McCainDemocratPolitics Schmolitics...Ok I'm not going to act like I don't switch from MSNBC to CNN to FOX news and back every time I sit down to relax in front of the T.V. I love sports but in the middle of a game or a tennis match I'll switch over to Olbermann or O'rielly to see who said what. When I'm out I over hear people in restaurants and bars and on the street, talking Barack this and McCain that.... http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-live-right-straight-down-middle.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-1051437519395308404Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:15:00 +00002008-08-17T20:22:18.601-04:00FELA KUTI Ok, I know I have NOT blogged in a while. I was writing. I tricked myself into finishing a one-man play that I started writing 10 years ago with no idea of what it was going to be. I submitted it to my theater company's Intensive without giving it too much thought. When it was picked to be presented I got worried. I would have to finish it and well, I did, and presented it. I got some great http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/08/black-president-fela-off-braodway.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-9086353715303855039Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:41:00 +00002008-07-08T21:35:33.779-04:00NasPOKERThere is a new woman in my life. I fell hard and fast. Call it an addiction, an obsession, whatever you want. I love her! But she wont love me like I want her to if I don't play her just right. Yes ladies and gents I am a poker fiend. That might explain away why this particular entry in this blog is a little late and hasn't a damn thing to do with politics. I have been scouring the virtual Poker http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/07/poker-i-hardly-know-her-oh-and-my-man.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-889942162297117382Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:41:00 +00002008-07-01T01:57:46.541-04:00gunsDC v Heller"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."II Amendment, the Constitution of the United States of AmericaTranslation: there is a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense.Really? Is that what that Amendment says? I know I didn't go to law school but... In DC vs http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/06/guns-and-us-constitution.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-2411894668767327148Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:31:00 +00002008-06-24T03:54:47.629-04:00muMsDon ImusracismNeil LaButeJohn McWhorterSo it seems Don Imus is at it again. He's in hot water for some comments he made about the Dallas Cowboy's recently signed defensive back Adam "Pacman" Jones. In a conversation about Jones' extensive criminal record, Imus says, "What color is he?" When given the answer, which is African American, He then said, "Well, there you go. Now we know."yeah...That got me to thinking about the whole issue http://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/06/don-imus-john-mcwhorter-neil-labute.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283964595966053782.post-8758232201468553436Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:33:00 +00002008-06-16T03:27:28.606-04:00Poetlabyrith theater companyPenalties and InterestTim RussertmuMssirmumsilaSo its been a pretty uneventful week in the life of me. Im still performing in Penalties and Interest at the Public Theater which runs until the 28th of June. I guess the death of Tim Russert- moderator of Meet the Press- from a sudden heart attack, is the biggest thing to happen this past week. I felt very sad at the news of his demise. I'm a big fan of Meet to Press. It wont be the same withouthttp://gorealer.blogspot.com/2008/06/turning-40-tim-russert-and-purpose-of.htmlinfo@gorealer.com (muMs)2