FINAL BlogSpot Post: The Journey Continues...

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Standing at the Dawn of 2009; a New Year filled with Promise, Opportunity and Prestige, I have worked extremely HARD in 2008, exposing myself to People and Network Conglomerates that extend beyond my stomping grounds and safe havens of the Baltimore/DC/Virginia Metropolitan areas.

Transitioning to Los Angeles, California on June 1, 2008, in pursuit of my Artistic Dreams and Passions, ones that overPOWERED my initial endeavors, has been one of the most poignant moments in my Lifetime. Forced, by God's Grace, to reach my potential beyond the boundaries and barriers of money and material comforts, I have been able to reach thousands of young men and young women across the country.

Through a plethora of Video content, I have been Blessed to use my Voice, Experiences, Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs to engage, educate and motivate parts of the generation that follows.


NOW, as I embark upon a new stage in my life, as I transition back HOME to the EAST COAST, I Launch a more professional, mainstream BLOG that will hopefully reach my present audience, as well as hundreds of thousands MORE....

Standing alongside my Online-Media Brothas; Adam Benjamin Irby, Deonte K, Darian Aaron, Frank Leon Roberts, Derrick L. Briggs, B. Scott, Darius T. Williams, Trent Jackson, Ray Cunningham, Clay Cane, DJ Doo Dirty, Tron of WhatsTheT, Andre of AndresFlava, Lonnel Williams, Tom Blumenthal, Alonzo Lerone and quite a few others who are redefining the platform of our community, it brings me Great Pride in using my Creativity and Talents to continue Paving the Way....

PLEASE VISIT and ADD The NEW 2009 XemVanAdams.com BLOG/WEBSITE to your Official BLOG ROLLS, LINK LISTS, and DESKTOP FAVORITES.

Email Me Directly, as so I can have my Graphic Designer do the same in return, on my new site; ADDING each of you to my already existent Blog Roll.

PLEASE continue to SUPPORT The Mission

Feel FREE to Send Me Notes on MySpace, FaceBook, Youtube and via Email, letting me know your Thoughts and Feelings regarding the NEW 2009, UpGraded Blog....

MYSPACE

MySpace.com/AkoSua217

FACEBOOK

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YOUTUBE

YouTube.com/XemVanAdams

EMAIL

XemVanAdams@Yahoo

Im Coming HOME East Coast!

A Very Special SHOUT-OUT is extended to the Young, Black, Graphic Designer who put up with my SH*T for the past 2 and 1/2 months, as we worked diligently, comparing and contrasting ideas in creating my New Blog/WebSite.

GREG CHARLES GRAY

Amplified Pixel Designs

CONTACT:

MySpace.com/AmplifiedPixels

ggrayjr@gmail.com

NEW Video: TOUCH [Affection]

There will ONLY be ONE More Post made here to BlogSpot; FOREVER.

For the past 2 and 1/2 months, I have been diligently working alongside GREG CHARLES GRAY and AMPLIFIED PIXEL DESIGNS, to complete the LayOut and Layered Content of the NEW Xem VanAdams WebSite/Blog.

FINALLY, the New Site is ready to LAUNCH!

This week, following the Inaugural Ceremonies and Festivities being held in our Nation's Capital, a HUGE PROMO Campaign, in part of EMERALD EYE ENTERTAINMENT will Ignite in Celebration of the New Locale.

I will NO LONGER be making Posts here on BlogSpot once the Promotional Video is Posted HERE this week.

Please PREPARE Yourselves to DELETE XemVanAdams.BlogSpot.com from your Blog Rolls, Widgets, DeskTop Favorites and Subscription Sheets.

Xem VanAdams will ONLY be Posting UpDates, Photos, News and Videos to the OFFICIAL NEW SITE.

Stay Tuned for the FINAL POSTING, This Week...

In The Meantime, PLEASE Continue to Show Your LOVE and SUPPORT on The Xem VanAdams MySpace, YouTube and FaceBook Pages.

SUBSCRIBE to ALL of the Xem VanAdams VIDEOS, and Send Friend Requests to MySpace and FaceBook IF you havent already.

XEM VanAdams

'Conquering The WORLD, One WORD At A Time'

Lock The Door Behind You.

La La La LINDSAY...is Back Bitchez!

Celebutante DeJoure

LINDSAY MuthaF*#^K'N LOHAN

INTERVIEW Magazine

February 2009

MOST of you have NO Clue that LINDSAY LOHAN, is, and always has been one of my FAVORITE Celebutantes of All-Time. There's Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell and LINDSAY. Yea...That's RIGHT.

Ive been a supporter of Lindsay's through the HEIGHT of her FAME during the Mean Girls/ Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Era, a la 2003/2004, as well as her Major Stints in Rehab for Drug and Alcohol Addictions.

I LOVE HER, for her Beauty, Style, On-Screen Personality and Media Angst, as well. YES...I admit that the Cocaine, Cigarette, Paparazzi Chase Drama, gives me FEVER.

I have EVERY SINGLE Magazine in which Lindsay graced the cover; 2006-2008.

Recently, Lindsay sat down with a reporter for INTERVIEW, and addressed a few issues that have been plaguing her, as of recently. I LOVE the Raw and Real essence of her answered details....

LL: I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it. I mean, people really have come to believe-directors, producers, agents, whoever it may be-that I started in this because I wanted to be a celebrity. But that was never my intention.

LH: You were a kid when you started working.

LL: I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be. When I was a kid, I thought movie stars were women and men who were in these great films that we still look at now. But I don't think there are too many films coming out these days that we're going to look at in the future and say, "This is one of the great ones." Like, what is the great film that I will tell my children about? I'm still going to tell them about the old films, the Hitchcock films. And people my age don't even know who those people are. I can't even have a conversation with most people of my generation about that, because they'd be like, "Okay, she's a freak. Something's wrong with her." And the worst part is, in terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how to focus, doesn't know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party. And you know what? I was 20 years old. I never went to college. And I lived maybe six months out of my life like that, doing something wrong, and then I stopped. God forbid I should have ever learned my lesson. But at this point it's so hard for people to even believe that there was a lesson to be learned at all, because they just think I'm wrong. All these people think I'm never going to be right, because it's more interesting to fabricate this other girl. Who wants to read a tabloid story about a girl who is doing well?

LH: Or a girl who takes her responsibilities seriously.

LL: I mean, it's this business. Heath Ledger once said something about this to me. He said: "It's build you up to knock you down, and that's all it is. And you just have to see if you can stand through it." And it is like that, if you put yourself in this situation. I was young, so maybe I did . . . I always wanted to take the blame. I've always been apologetic for other people's faults.

LH: But part of that is what being young is about.

LL: And I didn't even try everything. I was too afraid. The one thing I tried was the wrong thing. And maybe it was just because I'd seen someone else in my family do it-not my mother. But, I don't know, it really . . . It sucks.

Check Out LINDSAY's Photo Shoot for The INTERVIEW Magazine Spread

Xem VanAdams & Adam Benjamin Irby

While I was on the East Coast during my Holiday Vacation, I had the distinct pleasure of chillin and hanging out with the Carrie Bradshaw amongst noted Bloggers, in the LGBT community. Known very widely for his Bold, Abrupt and In Yo Face details regarding Love, Sex and Relationship sagas, Adam's Blog has become one of the most popularly visited and read websites amongst Men and Women across the country. As a native and writer of NYC, Adam is currently working on his debut Novel, and continues to contribute articles to an array of mainstream and up & coming periodicals.

Adam contacted me yesterday to inform me that he featured me on his debut, New Year Blog Post. Visit his Blog HERE to Read my featured post, and to See our photos taken together during our plush lil visit to this Xquisite museum Happy Hour.

Its ALWAYS a pleasure to Meet and Greet someone whose work you've followed for months. It's an even greater pleasure when the individual turns out to be as Raw, Honest, Authentic and Down-To-Earth as Adam presented before me. Great Guy.

The NYC Premiere of NOTORIOUS

NOTORIOUS Premiere

AMC Lincoln Square Theater

New York, NY

ABOVE

Naturi Naughton [Lil Kim] and Jamal Woolard [B.I.G]

MARY J. BLIGE

One of the most Incredible parts regarding this Biopic project is the fact that Faith Evans, Biggie's Long Term Love, was heavily involved in the creation of this film. In the very beginning stages, she was asked to contribute her input, ideas, concepts and facts as she directly recalls. As a result, the film portrays her relationship alongside B.I.G in such a way that is favorable, I suppose, to Faith's side of the story.

On the contrary, Lil Kim has begun to speak Openly regarding the affairs that surround the events portrayed in the film. Kim has grown increasingly angry and irritated with Faith and Biggie's Mom, for the specific ways in which her character is portrayed throughout the cinematic project. Lil Kim was given an opportunity to contribute her input, ideas, concepts and facts to the scripting process. However, she denied the request; hence her distate for the movie, itself.

In protest, I suppose, Lil Kim did NOT make a Red Carpet appearance for the premiere of the NOTORIOUS film on Wednesday night.

BEYONCE

Umm...NO Comment This Time
ANGELA BASSET alongside MS. WALLACE

CIARA

DEREK LUKE alongside His Wife

I have ALWAYS hailed Derek as one of this generations most talented and prestigious young actors. I am always impressed with his on-screen performances, and look forward to his promising future in Hollywood. He caught me spellbound with his December 2005, debut performance as Antwon Fischer.

JAY Z alongside Ms. WALLACE

MALINDA WILLIAMS

Ive always thought that Malinda was/is such a Beautiful young woman; even as a teenager

CASSIE

The Film Hits Theaters, NATIONWIDE, Next Friday, January 16, 2009

NEW Video: The MURDER of Oscar Grant

PART ONE

NEW Video: The MURDER of Oscar Grant

PART TWO

'Creation is Representation' [Xem; August 2008]

'Knowledge and Artistry ABOVE My own VANITY' [Xem; July 2008]

'Im Drenched in Love and Showered by Support'[Xem; April 2008]

'Life Without Photographs are Moments that Never Happened'

[Xem; August, 2007]

BART Riot in OakLand, California

Im suppose to be on HIATUS. However, I CAN'T IGNORE all of the News that is brewing at the dawn of our New Year.

A march protesting the killing of an Oakland man at the Fruitvale BART station on New Year's Day turned violent Wednesday evening as a group of marchers attacked a police car and lit a dumpster on fire.

An estimated 700 people gathered at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station Wednesday afternoon to protest the shooting of Oscar Grant III by BART police.

The group left the station and marched down International Boulevard in Oakland. Police were forced to respond to the crowd in riot gear after acts of vandalism and fires broke out.
Police marched down the street to confront protestors as the march got out of hand. There were unconfimed reports that police fired tear gas into the crowd.
At one point a police vehicle trapped in the middle of the crowd was jumped on by angry protestors. They hit the car with sticks, broke windows and another group of protestors pushed a burning dumpster towards the car. The officer was not hurt.
Protest organizers said a group of anarchists, who were not part of the original protest, attacked the police cruiser and set the dumpster on fire.

At about 6:30 p.m. a group of protestors started causing trouble at the intersection of 8th Street and Broadway.
At about 8:15 p.m. some protestors were seen trying to break restaurant windows in downtown Oakland. A car was also lit on fire in downtown Oakland at about 8:40 p.m. The car exploded before fire crews arrived at the scene.
For safety reasons, BART trains were bypassing the Fruitvale station, the Lake Merritt Station and the Oakland/12th Street Station while the protest was happening. Both the Fruitvale and Lake Marritt stations were reopened by 8 p.m.
A man who identified himself as Kazu, who said he helped organize the initial protest said about 700 people came to the Fruitvale station at 3 p.m.
He said a small group of people came to the BART station two hours later that were not affiliated with the peaceful protest at the station. He said that is when they seperated and started marching down the streets.
Around 8:45 p.m., Mayor Ron Dellums met a group of protestors on 14th Street in downtown Oakland. He spoke with the protestors and marched them down 14th Street towards Broadway near city hall. The mayor asked police to leave the scene and he assured the protestors that an investigation was underway and any proper charges would be filed.

The Oakland Police Department held a press conference on Wednesday evening. They said that they received a call from BART police that the protest was getting out of hand and the crowd was starting to march down the street at about 5 p.m.
Police said that at 8th and Madison streets about 150 to 250 people broke off from the march and they began to vandalize stores and vehicles. Officers followed the break off crowd and they tried to control the crowd.
Police said they used an unspecified gas to control the crowd.
Officers arrested 14 adults and 1 juvenile after that incident. One person was charged with assaulting an officer but no officers were injured.
Officers were expected to stay on the street through the night and they were also planning to be at a protest scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant III at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland early on New Year's Day has resigned, BART officials said Wednesday afternoon.

BART spokesman Jim Allison said Officer Johannes Mehserle's attorney and his union representative submitted his letter of resignation at a meeting with BART investigators this morning. The officer himself was not present, Allison said. Mehserle had been scheduled to meet with BART investigators on Tuesday but his attorney on Monday canceled that meeting and requested to postpone it until next week, Allison said. BART investigators declined and instead rescheduled the meeting for Wednesday, Allison said. The investigators have not yet spoken with Mehserle about the shooting that killed 22-year-old Grant. Allison said BART has informed the Alameda County District Attorney's office, which is conducting a separate investigation into the shooting, of today's developments. BART investigators have urged Mehserle to meet with them and to cooperate with the investigation, Allison said.

I THINK that Im actually about to film a Video regarding this Issue and these Unforseen Circumstances....

The Prison Strip Search Scandal

Should Strip Search Procedures be Filmed in Prison?

The great debate that often times rocks the Legislature vs. Public Banter is the notion of Prisoners being Filmed and Photographed; often times AGAINST their will and knowledge thereof. Publicly, there are plenty of citizens who dont too much care regarding the rights of prisoners, or the integrity by which prison officials govern their facilities. HOWEVER, whats happening is that prisoners are being filmed during their Strip-Search and Courtyard activities, and the footage is being leaked to the outside. As a result, prisoners arent simply being exposed in regards to their immediate identity, but their physical privacy is invaded as well.

I am posting a collection of Strip Search Photographs as to PROVE just how Easy and Accessible it is to garner footage that is 'SUPPOSE' to remain PRIVATE and SEALED. So, What Exactly is STOPPING the federal government from filming and photographing US, secretly, in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, Dressing Rooms and other areas where we ASSUME no one is watching?

The Powers That Be can DEBATE, easily, that 'For Security Purposes' they need to SEE and RECORD public behavior at all times. More NOW than Ever, I am to believe that there ARE security cameras stored in the Bathroom and Changing Facilities of every major airport across the country.

...and isn't it quite INTERESTING that the Faces of the Prison Security Guards are Blackened for Privacy Purposes, and NOT those of the actual Prisoners who are being EXPOSED?....

Yeah...Yeah...Im SUPPOSE to be on HIATUS. I KNOW. I just could NOT resist Posting this Story.

...and Just for Your PERSONAL ENJOYMENT Socialites and Celebutantes, I want to Share with You All, One of My FAVE YouTube Clips of OMAR GOODING [Baby Boi;John Singleton], and a Scene of him being Strip Searched during a routine, Drug Testing Procedure.

His Commentary is HILARIOUS!