Standing On My Soapbox...

Time: 5 p.m.
Place: My apartment in Hampton, VA
Song Playing: "War With God" By Ludacris

Jazmine: Huey? What's that you're carrying?

Huey: It's a soapbox. People say if you have something important to say, you stand on top of this and say it.

Gotta love how relevant "The Boondocks" is. Today is National H.I.V. Testing Day. It also marks the 25th year the disease that causes A.I.D.S. has been known by scientists. Now I ain't gonna stand on my soapbox and spit a whole bunch of random facts and numbers, people don't tune in to that. I'ma just speak what I feel, and if you feel it that's what's good. If not...that's what's good too. Hold on...that Luda I was playing just went off.

Song Now Playing: "Pulling Me Back" Chingy Feat. Tyrese

I got tested for the first time around this time last year. And I can honestly say it was an awkward couple of days waiting for the results. I knew I was clean...but the smallest doubt crept into my mind and started to grow. I ain't gonna go into details cause who knows is reading this...but the tests came back negative. But I really do stress getting tested ya'll. It's some bull how we're (meaning African-Americans...Negroes...Niggers...NIggas or whatever else is politically correct to call someone Black this week) only 12% percent of the population, but the majority of people in this country with H.I.V. Aight, I'm done spitting numbers.

On to more pressing issues...I think I'm gonna boycott the "new" season of Chappelle's Show. Anyone who knows me knows this goes against the ignorance deep within me. Me with no Chappelle is like Jordan without Pippen...the Bloods without the Crips. But I'm gonna support my main man Dave. He said he wanted nothing to do with this "season" so neither do I. My ignorance may suffer for sometime...so if I'm really sullen (that's a college graduate word for that ass!!!) it means I'm just Dave- deprived. But lo, I will have my satisfaction soon because "The Boondocks" first season will come out in July. And I'm in the kitchen cookin up that white so be easy...sorry I got real hood. My apologies. What I meant to say was I'm working on my lil' saga so keep checkin in.
And now I leave you with a quote young T-Dot dropped on me a while ago that made me think.

"A private nigga moment shames you. A public nigga moment shames everyone."-Huey Freeman-"The Boondocks"

Gotta love how relevant "The Boondocks" is.

The Moment

Time: 7:50 a.m.
Place: YourNewsChannel 3 a.k.a. my job

Sorry I've been A.W.O.L. once again the internet at my house got cut off. So here I am ignoring my responsibilities at work to blog. Raise your hand if you've done the same. Now if your hand is down...you are not pimping. But I come bearing gifts and not meaningless chatter. Gifts in the form of the random stuff I see during my travels in the streets of the 757. We'll start with the occasional trip to Wal-Mart. So I walk in the spot looking for somed deodorant and some garbage bags. Found both items successfully. So I head to the checkout line...try to sweet talk the cashier into letting me get the double pack of Old Spice for the price of one. Sadly it didn't work and I wasted some perfectly good game. As I'm fishing the well crumpled dollars out of my pocket, I look up and I see "The Moment". Allow me to explain. "The Moment" let's you know exactly what's going on around you at that exact moment. It's rawness and realness is poetry in motion. It's like watching a car wreck with glee instead of anguish. It...is...beautiful. My moment was watching two teens prepare to get their pictures taken at Wal-Mart. I can hear the grumblings you folks are screaming at your monitors..."What's wrong with that?" Well I'll tell you. They had on matching outfits complete with "hater-blockers". Hater blockers are those midnight tint sunglasses you see everyone wearing. Whether it's Young Jeezy rocking the Versace shades or you rocking the knock-offs (don't front). So there was Taquito and Knuck-Knuck rocking the hater blockers at the Wal-Mart photo booth. I had to bite my bottom lip to not laugh at them. I still have the teeth marks in my lip. That's how funny it was. But alas, I couldn't leave you with just one "The Moment". Of course I had to have two. This one happened at work. It was Friday. Usually on Friday's we get free bagels (the perks of television news). Mine of course was as hard as times in 1929. Nevertheless, I pressed on. So I'm sitting there eating my bagel when a producer I work with started playing this song. It was New Kids On The Block a.k.a. the white New Edition. So everyone that has a lack of melanin starts dancing and shaking their pancake asses. I sit there stunned and proceed to eat my stale cinnamon-raisin bagel. So the producer says to the director (who happens to be an older black guy) and myself, "See I got rhythm". I chuckle as does the director. Then, "The Moment" happens. Before I explain, let me give you a little background on the older black man. He's quite possibly the funniest creature on earth. Think back to all the family gatherings you've been to. Chances are the one you were either laughing at or with was the older black man. From Uncle Tony (the one who drinks cause he just got laid off...again) to Grandpa Amos (who can't stop talking about "dem gurls running around wit dey draws showin' ") they're at every bar-b-q, family reunion, wedding and graduation. But I'm getting sidetracked. So the old head (that's what I call them) gets up and says, "What you talking bout. Man I'm hip, I'm with it. I got grandkids who keep me up to date with everything." Finally, "The Moment" happens. Old Head says, "put some snap music on and see what happens." He then proceeds to get his snap on...as he leans with it AND rocks with it. I don't know enough adjectives to describe how funny that shit was and still is. All I can say is it was..."The Moment".

Today's Entry Is Sponsored By The Color Black and The Letter R

So after reading my fellow Hampton Alum Jameil's blog, I felt compelled to follow her lead.
So here are ten things that begin with the leter, R.

1. Revelations (you know the last book in The Bible)
I can't even read that thing. It honestly scares the mess out of me. Between people ascending to Heaven in the blink of an eye to the Mark Of The Beast. I think that might be the purpose of the book. To scare some folks into getting their lives right. Or if you're in the Lord's good graces, it reminds you of your eternal reward. Now I ain't gonna say I've got a first-class ticket to Heaven on standby, but I ain't gonna act like I don't know where I can get one.

2. Random
I mean it is in the title of my blog.
But honestly, this book I've been reading is showing me being random really isn't a good thing.
Randomness means you have no plan in life.
You're just floating along waiting for something to move you.
I don't want to wind up like that.

3. Read
I like to read.
And I don't mean just the comics or the sports page.
I like to read stuff that's gonna impact me.
Don't get me wrong I read my fair share of fiction, hell I'm writing it on my blog consistently.
But this new book I'm reading is CRACK (that's a good thing).
It's called The 33 Strategies Of War. I highly recommend it.

4. Racism
Exists.
But to be honest, I don't think I'd be thrown off if I was called a nigger. I'd be pissed, but not shocked.
I realize I may be in the minority here, but that's just my opinion.
I think for our generation the word doesn't have the same sting.
But then again it's easy to say all this without having someone call me the word.
Would my feelings change once that happened?
Who knows.

5. Religion
This is a touchy subject for me. I was brought up "in the church". I was in the choir. The youth organizations, all that. Then I went to college. For me that was a chance to get away from it all. It started off as just not having to get up early and go to church. Then it turned into something else. Stuff that came easy to me wasn't so easy anymore. My mom told me it was cause I had stopped going to church. I said it was because I stopped trying so hard in school. Now that I'm getting a little longer in the tooth (that's a metaphor for getting older), I'm realing that maybe my mom was right. And I know I hate when my parents tell me something and I dismiss it only to find out they were right. That happen to anyone else.
But yeah, I need to go to church. Or at least watch Video Gospel on BET.

6. "Radio" (the movie, not the invention by Marconi)
That was the last good movie Cuba Gooding Junior made.
I mean think about it.
What has he done since?
The guy peeked with Boyz In The Hood.
How do you peek in your twenties???
Wait, he did do "Jerry Maguire".
And I can forgive him for "Boat Trip" only cause Vivica (before she was messin with 50) and my girl Roselyn Sanchez were in it.
Did I see the movie no...but I've seen those women.
WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Roselle
I gotta put the hometown on here.
That's where the kid became the man (I became the legend at Hampton).
It ain't the biggest city, matter of fact it ain't even a city. It's a borough.
But it's home.

8. Rihanna
That's my new music crush.
She's just so cute and sexy and...
Well you get it.

9. Roller Blades
I used to have a pair when I was a kid.
Yeah I got caught up in that whole craze back in the 90's.
But who didn't?
Total times I used them...less than 5.

10. Real
I try to stay that way.
Sometimes that means being a jerk and sometimes it means being a little more sensitive.
I could stand to be a little more of both.
But I'd like to think I'm a genuine dude.
Ya dig?

Aight, I finally knocked this thing out. Some of ya'll learned something. Some of ya'll didn't. Either way I appreciate you coming through. Now if you'd like to try your hand at this list, holla at me and I'll give you a letter. I promise it won't be an off the wall letter like Z. That's just torture. Now you don't have to go home, but you do have to get the hell out of here.