A Year In Review

So what if I steal? My mama still love me...and so do you.

1) Was 2007 a good year for you?
Yeah...I went through The Growth. Became full time at the station. Told her I loved her and actually meant it...Got comfortable with saying I love you...I'd say it was a good 365 days.

2) What was your favorite moment of the year?
Honestly, I can't even pinpoint one. I had a couple though. Check the archives...lol.

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
The Growth...lol. Growing pains are a bitch.

4) Where were you when 2007 began?
Ohio...surrounded by corn fields.

5) Who were you with?
The family

6) Where will you be when 2007 ends?
Not sure yet. Got a couple of options, but nothing confirmed.

7) Who will you be with when 2007 ends?
I don't know, maybe you...

8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2007?
Didn't make any. I don't like letting myself down.

9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2008?
Nah. Why break tradition?

10) Did you fall in love in 2007?
Nah, but I did admit I loved someone. Does that count?

11) If yes, with who?


12) If yes, do they know?

13) Are you still in love with them?
In love? No bueno. But I still like her...

14) You regret it?
Honestly, some days I do. Thinking about that scenario and what led to our current state messes with me. Like I feel I should've done more to preserve our relationship.

15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2007?
Kinda...sorta...maybe...yeah.

16) Did you make any new friends in 2008?
Friend is a strong word. I'll say I made a few additions to the roster. But straight up friends...zero. Damn I gotta join the local NAACP or the Hold My Mule While I Shout A.M.E. Church of God In Christ First Baptist Memorial Temple and Mosque.

17) Who are your (most memorable) favorite new friends?

18) What was your favorite month of 2007?
February. I entered a tax bracket when I became full time.

19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2007?
That's a negative...but I need to. Any ideas?

20) How many different states have you traveled in 2007?
Four or five

21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2007?
No. Everyone is right where they are.

22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yeah, my parents...her...Buford...Mr. Harris

23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2007?
Three way tie between American Gangster, 300 and Transformers. American Gangster redefined what swagger means (no homo) and forced Jay-Z to put out another classic. 300 just made you want to get a posse of 300 dudes and just wreck anyone. And Transformers was just...excellent.

24) What was your favorite song from 2007?
International Players Anthem by Outkast and Andre 3000's verse on "Da Art Of Storytellin' Part 4".

25) What was your favorite album from 2007?
American Gangster by Jay-Z and Love/Hate by The Dream. Real talk dude is a problem. I admit I hated on that Shawty Is A 10 joint at first, but the album is stronger than anything Frank Lukas got out of Vietnam.

26) How many concerts did you see in 2007?
None.

27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2007?
Seeing as how I went to none...that's a resounding no.

28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2007?
I mean I'm six feet tall 260 pounds. I need a lot to get me where I need to be.

29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2007?
Anything grown on Mother Nature's soil is not a drug.

30) How many people did you sleep with in 2007?
Lol...come on man, my mom reads this. I'm gonna plead the fifth.

31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
I don't think so. But if I missed anything, I'm sure I'll be reminded.

32) What was the biggest lie you told in 2007?
It's your baby...

***Why isn't there a number 33?***

34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?
Probably. I ain't even gonna lie.

35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2007?
In my mind more than likely. But to the rest of the world, probably not.

36) How much money did you spend in 2007?
Enough to pay my bills...pay my rent...keep gas in my car and food in the fridge.

37) What was your proudest moment of 2007?
The Growth

38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2007?
If it's really that embarassing, what makes you think I'm going to re-live it?

39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2007 what would it be?
When I reached out to my ex-girlfriend. I'd smack myself in the back of the head and not even try to talk to her again. It's best to leave past events in the past.

40) What are your plans for 2008?
Keep paying off these student loans until Uncle Sam gets off my back. Find a classy, sexy woman to compliment and enhance my swag. Get a new car, keep writing and continue to progress as a man, scholar, producer and overall fly ass dude. It's a new day and I'm trying to keep it elegant. That's the new word for '08.

Back From FL

I advocate spending the holidays in a warm climate. Nothing like getting off the plane to 75 degree weather. Ahh Orlando. Well not really Orlando, but Winter Haven. I spent Christmas at my grandparents house. My whole fam came down. It was real Hallmark...well since we're Black I guess you could say real Mahogany. It's fun watching old people fuss at each other...I mean if you've been with someone for damn near 60 years, you've earned the right to bitch and moan whenever necessary. But all in all Christmas was cool. Got to laugh and joke with my brother and dad. And as an added bonus, saw my godmother for the first time in like 13 years. So good times...

Just Cause I'm A Follower*

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Assuming I buy someone a gift...gift bags. Who has time to actually wrap a gift? Give me some tissue paper and a decorative bag and I'm good.

2. Tree, real or fake?

Fake all day. No need for watering or none of that nothing. The minute December 26th hits, I fold that joint up and put it back in the basement.

3. When do you put up the tree?

Don't have one to put up.

4. When do you take the tree down?

Seeing as how I don't have one, I don't. When I lived at home we usually kept it up a little after New Year's.

5. Do you like eggnog?

Hell yeah. I'm an nog snob though. It has to be Southern Comfort with the Vanilla Spice flavoring.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?

I really don't know. I've had a lot of good ones. Got a bike one year (who hasn't)...a robe (with the initials)...all of them have been pretty ok.

7. Do you have a Nativity scene?

Do you mean the one with the five pound, eight ounce tiny Baby Jesus laying in his manger covered in his golden fleece, playing with his Baby Einstein toys learning all his shapes and colors in it?

8. Hardest person to buy for?

I don't do the whole present thing. Ask my friends.

9. Favorite Christmas tradition?

This is gonna sound kinda lame, but just being around the fam. That's all.

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?

See final sentence of #6.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards?

You'd think I'd make up for not giving gifts by sending cards right? Nah...gotta stay consistent.

12. Favorite Christmas movie?

Bad Santa...Friday After Next...Home Alone

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?

I don't.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?

Nah.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?

I love it all. It would be a disservice to all the food cooked to name just one thing. I'm an equal-opportunity eater (insert dirty joke here).

16. Clear lights or colored lights on a Christmas tree?

We still say colored? What happened to "Negro"? Hell, I'd even take "Afro-American".

17. Favorite Christmas song?

"Santa Claus Is Coming To The Ghetto" by Snoop Dogg. Anything that has Nate Dogg on the hook is a banger. Don't matter what season. He could harmonize the alphabet and niggas would buy it.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?

Wherever the family is.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?

Before copying and pasting this survey? Nah. I have eaten reindeer before...true story.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?

Angel. And it's Black! ***throws up the Black power fist***

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?

Morning.

22. Most annoying part of this time of year?

All the holiday music played around the clock. It's like the minute Black Friday hits people cue up the Bing Crosby...old ass Motown Christmas CDs...and every other record label that forced it's artists to do a Christmas CD. Remember "A So-So Def Christmas"? That wack ass Christmas song by TLC...

23. What I love most about Christmas....

Being with the fam.

*and because I wanted La to say bah humbug :)

Update To The Crush Update

She's involved with someone. Told me in a message. But here's silver lining...if I didn't live about 1,000 miles away and she was single, she'd give the kid a chance. I'll take that as a moral victory.