{"id":12533,"date":"2011-09-20T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=12533"},"modified":"2017-07-14T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T03:31:07","slug":"rick-ross-and-my-dream-jewelry-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-and-my-dream-jewelry-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Ross and My Dream Jewelry Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve become kind of obsessed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.song-database.com\/song.php?sid=162\" target=\"_blank\">hunka hunka burning love<\/a> that is rapper <a href=\"http:\/\/teflondonross.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Ross<\/a>. It&#8217;s not just because he&#8217;s gorgeous &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vibe.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12537\" title=\"rick ross cover\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-cover.png 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-cover-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; or because he has one great song &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JU9TouRnO84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JU9TouRnO84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230; or because he&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/entertainment\/music\/201109\/rick-ross-interview-gq-october-2011\" target=\"_blank\">former corrections officer who took his stage name from notorious crack kingpin &#8220;Freeway&#8221; Ricky Ross<\/a>, who then sued his ass.<\/p>\n<p>All those things are very important, but what really attracts me is his exquisite taste in jewelry.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:412px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/79640155\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:144.174757% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/79640155?et=PchmYBZYRsFFWV8S_G-86g&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=4NtgGym6tss_3NNwz6FxoCDnRpUfEVmZJ1N0NKbtNpI=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"412\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">jewelry comes from a different sense of aesthetics<\/a>, and I&#8217;ve said before that if you ask me for a bejeweled <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/what-wont-be-in-my-next-collection-family-guy-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stewie from <em>Family Guy<\/em> necklace<\/a> or an <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/mariah-careys-push-present-nameplate-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">eyesore nameplate necklace<\/a>, I&#8217;ll turn you down. But if you ask me for a giant diamond version of your own face, I will scream, &#8220;YES!!!&#8221; A diamond face isn&#8217;t run-of-the-mill, boring bad. It&#8217;s superbad &#8230; and I can get down with that. <\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: I suddenly see a flaw in this work of art. It needs detachable black-diamond sunglasses so that the shades on the necklace can always match the shades on Rick&#8217;s face. Am I right or am I right? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve become kind of obsessed with the hunka hunka burning love that is rapper Rick Ross. It&#8217;s not just because he&#8217;s gorgeous &#8230;. &#8230; or because he has one great song &#8230; &#8230; or because he&#8217;s a former corrections officer who took his stage name from notorious crack kingpin &#8220;Freeway&#8221; Ricky Ross, who then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-and-my-dream-jewelry-job\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,13,80],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"category-necklaces","9":"category-obsessions","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12533"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36951,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12533\/revisions\/36951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}