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.