Sometimes a brotha just wants to get his thoughts out...

Friday, July 28, 2006

Keeping In Touch

So I get a late night phone call from one of my best friends back home in Jersey. He was under the influence of an uncontrolled substance. So naturally he was telling the truth. In between the "I love you's" and "you guys are the best friends I ever had" he also chastized me. In order to do the conversation I'll just paraphrase it. He basically said I was horrible in keeping in contact with people. He told me that because he considers me to be more family than some of his blood relatives, he expects me to stay in contact with not only him but everyone else. He reminded me of a quote one of our other "brothers" lives by. "Family is not something one is born into, but rather something one chooses." He chooses to call me and the rest of the crew back home brothers. That should at least grant him a phone call every Sunday right?

Friday, July 21, 2006

Africa For The Americans?

I kept trying to find a way to write this story out. But the harder I pressed the more I got wrapped up in trying to get my point across without taking away from the point of the story so here it is http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_re_af/africa_citizenship_for_slavery;_ylt=AoZJCErNuHdrhrxlFHpi0HMDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

Time: 4:53 a.m.
Place: Work

The title of this blog refers to a skit on Chappelle's Show. Not the bastardized version that's currently on Comedy Central, but a skit from Season #2.
I'd run it all down for you, but that would take away the fun of actually watching it for yourself. So go pick up that Season #2. Anywho...back to the point. I was kicking it on MySpace just looking around, when I had a thought. What are people really on the Internet for? Is it just for kicks? Is it to find lust? So I say...keep it real. If you got a little personal page on one of these websites like MySpace, Facebook, Blackplanet (do people still use that) or whatever site is your guilty pleasure for killing time at work keep it real. If you just on one of these sites to pass time while you pretend to be work say so. If you're trying to find a cuddle buddy say so. I've always been told honesty is the best policy.

Monday, July 03, 2006

20 Questions

Time: 5:43 p.m.
Place: My Apt in Hampton
Song Playing: "Sexy Love" (Remix) Ne-Yo Feat. Joe Budden

Buford tagged me on this joint a minute ago.
So here goes...

1. If you could be doing what you really want to be doing for a living, what would it be?
I'd be working at ESPN. It's the perfect blend of pop culture, sports and comedy. Kinda like me

2. If you could slap the crap out of any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be?
Bill Gates...then I'd steal his identity. It's 2006 people simple muggings won't get you the kinda money you need to survive. It's time to think high tech.

3. What's the dumbest decision you've made in the past 5 years?
That would mean one outweighs all the others...and I don't know if that's true. I've done a lot of dumb stuff. If I weigh it collectively it all equals up to one dumb decision. That's mean writing a long ass way to say...I don't know.

TIME OUT!!
***I had to call a time out because my iTunes was playing on random and "Da Butt" came on. So feel free to take this time out to do the butt. I'll give you time...
Done?
Ok let's keep it moving***

4. Give up one for a year: (good) sex or (good) music.
Music...I have good songs memorized in my head I can sing to myself.

5. Dudes, would you rather have a big dick or a great sense of humor? Ladies, nice tits & azz or common sense?
Is this question applicable if you have both?

6. So you've been invited to an all expense paid Blogger Prom in The Bahamas. You're sitting at the bar on the beach. Which blogger do you want to join you for hours of good convo?
I'm gonna go with Grown Woman (cause she'd be hella pissed that I could go to an island, but not drive to NJ to see her)

7. Which blogger would you most like to cuddle with on the beach? (And don't defer to your current significant other either. Infidelity won't count against you. Duh.)
In the words of T.O. "I love me some me". LOL...nah I'm just joking. See the answer above.

8. You're going on a 5 hour road trip...which 5 CDs do you bring?
1. My slow jams mix cd. (I like to ride out to a little Donell Jones sometimes. Helps me focus)
2. "Reasonable Doubt" (No road trip is complete without having lisstened to some Jay-Z)
3. "Mood Muzik 2" (A Joe Budden mixtape. He keeps reppin Jersey so I keep reppin him.)
4. Rap mix cd (Ranges from Busta to Joe Budden to 3-6 Mafia to Ludacris to Ice Cube to 2Pac to B.I.G.)
5. "Steal This Album!" (Gotta have the obligatory rock album. This is from my boys System Of A Down. Check them out on the real.)

9. Would you rather bury your children young or have your children bury you young?
Have my kids bury me young. By them being here and having known me, they already have an advantage on so many other children. Besides I will have achieved a great accomplishment just by helping bring them into this world.

10. What's your biggest insecurity?
Damn...uh that I'm not good enough at anything. That I'm good enough just to be mediocre. Despite the talents I know I have I always second guess myself.

11.What's the first blog you read every day...or however often you read them?
Mine. It's not me being vain. I just want to see if people feel what the kid writes. After that I check out Buford then Grown Woman. I also read Jameil's. And whoever comments on their blogs since I really don't know anyone but these three people.

12. When's the last time you peed your pants?
To paraphrase the famous Sam Cooke song used in that scene in Malcolm X when Denzel looks like he's floating down the street..."It's been a loooooong, loooong time"

13. Which was better, your first kiss or your first pay check?
Kiss. That's only becaue it happened when I was so young (I was 7). Those are the formative years in a boy's life.

14. Do you have kids? Want kids?
If I do have kids...my bad that trip to get some milk and a newspaper took longer than I thought. (Just jokes) Nah I don't have any, but I'd love to have a little tribe of my own.

15. You get dropped off at home after the office holiday party by your bitch azz boss that you can't effing stand...you exit the car and he peels out, runs a red light at your corner and rolls up an unsuspecting midget. The next day the midget watch groups are on TV outraged at the heartless hit and run, and are calling for any witnesses to please come forward...that half dead midget has a family at home waiting on C-mas presents. Would you take $1000 hush money? $500? $100? A six pack?
"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!"-Jerry McGuire

16. Live the rest of your life without your eyebrows or your fingernails?
LMAO!!! Who thought of this one??? I say eyebrows. I can keep wiping my forehead to keep sweat out of my eyes. But I ain't wearing gloves 365 days year to keep my fingers from getting infected. Besides there's a Hair Club For Men...not a Fingernail Club For Men. Think about it.

17. What makes you angry?
Self-failure.

18. What makes you horny?
The right scent. (Get your minds out of the gutters people!!)
Confidence.

19. What makes you nervous?
Success.

20. What makes you smile?
My family.
Me and my brother and my father just bugging out together while my mom looks on and wonders who's the son and who's the father.
Memories of high school kickin it with D.P.P.
Memories of the ignorant shit me and the fellas did freshman year...actually all four years at Hampton we did ignorant shit.

Aight...that's it. Stop slacking at your jobs and do some work!!!