Chillin in LA. Me and the fam. 3 of my favorite cousins *They like my little sisters...I got a little boy cousin...but I already got too many little brothers. lol...he still my fam though...practically grew up together...well...helped raise them* My favorite uncle Raymond and his girlfriend. My only aunt...or aunt I actually consider my aunt...Kendall *longer story with that...maybe another entry*...Big Buff *step-grandfather*. Uncle Rodney and his wife. Uncle Phillip. Some older lady I don't really know, but we're related somehow...I think. Probably a few other people. A punk-ass dog and a mean-ass cat. *I HATE cats.* Corn on the cob. Fried chicken. Potato salad. Crab pot. Jumbalaya. More good food. Funny pictures of my dad from back in the day. *I just saw one that had me and Drew...ROLLIN!!* Stories. Jokes. Maaaaad jokes. Pictures. Family Guy. All in one crib...in the heart of South Central. not allowed *nor smart* to go in the front yard. Yea...Madea ain't got nothin on our family reunions. All we need is...more people. *Longer story with that...maybe another entry*
It's always good to catch up with family. You don't realize how much you miss them until you've seen them after some years. We been actin' a fool. Now, I love my friends...but there ain't nothin like family...esPECIALLY my family! *Mainly my dad's side of the family. I got some peoples on my mom's side...big ups to J.Bo and the rest of my cuzzos...but I grew up with my dad's family. They changed my diapers and I helped babysit and stuff. lol* So for yall that love your family and don't really talk to them much...give them a visit, or a call, a text message, an e-mail...at least a postcard. Cuz i'm sure they're thinking about you as well.
One of my cousins just told me I'm their favorite cousin. Day-maker.
Holla!!!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Just Had To Say
Yo...I got some fresh brothers! We just a fresh family! Like damn! LOL!
We all up now, cuttin' our hair...gettin ready to make our way back home *FINALLY*, and...we're just fresh! We have to be, like, one of the best-looking, funniest, and best-acting family...ever!
This a picture of me and my bros like a year or two ago. Not recent...but everyone looks pretty much the same.
This the fam.
Yea click on the pictures to see the whole thing...for some reason Drew is cut out of both of them. lol but yea...I just felt like putting those up. But yea...We're fresh!!! lol...ok tis all for now. Holla!
We all up now, cuttin' our hair...gettin ready to make our way back home *FINALLY*, and...we're just fresh! We have to be, like, one of the best-looking, funniest, and best-acting family...ever!
This a picture of me and my bros like a year or two ago. Not recent...but everyone looks pretty much the same.
This the fam.
Yea click on the pictures to see the whole thing...for some reason Drew is cut out of both of them. lol but yea...I just felt like putting those up. But yea...We're fresh!!! lol...ok tis all for now. Holla!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Together
Ok...so I'm not a huge fans of remakes being worse than the originals. I say that to say this...
I heard Ruben Studdard's latest single...and...word?? Not saying he sounds bad...however...this is already one of my favorite songs from Ne-Yo. No doubt...Ne-Yo wrote the lyrics...put the song on the "Year of the Gentleman" mixtape or whatever...and sold it to Ruben. Cool. I guess I just wish Ruben sounded better than Ne-Yo on it since I like that version so much better, and now it's his single. Am I wrong? Here's Ne-Yo's version...
Aaaaand...here's Ruben's. Official video...
Opinions...
I heard Ruben Studdard's latest single...and...word?? Not saying he sounds bad...however...this is already one of my favorite songs from Ne-Yo. No doubt...Ne-Yo wrote the lyrics...put the song on the "Year of the Gentleman" mixtape or whatever...and sold it to Ruben. Cool. I guess I just wish Ruben sounded better than Ne-Yo on it since I like that version so much better, and now it's his single. Am I wrong? Here's Ne-Yo's version...
Aaaaand...here's Ruben's. Official video...
Opinions...
Four-Letter Word
Remember when you first ever thought you might have fallen in love? How it felt? How you described it? Who it was with?
Well, spring is in the air. I don't know what it is about spring...*possibly just unconscious societal praxes that constitute us feeling a certain way at this certain time of year*...but lately I just been feelin like I'm surrounded by it...so why not blog about it.
I've come to realize that, no matter how many times you think you fell in love, how long that feeling lasted, or when you fell in love...nobody will ever be an expert on it. There's no formula, no equation, no general rule, no historical foundations to constantly build upon, no list, no Love For Dummies, no documentaries, no mapquest, no manuscript to tell you how to love.
I was talking to one of my younger brothers about this early this morning when we should have been trying to sleep...which is what initially led me to write this blog. Just seeing the stuff he's going through with his girl and how he is feeling really lines up with a few of my own experiences from the past. *Kid is JUST like me. lol* Anyways...didn't you hate it when you loved someone...yet other people would always like to add their two cents in about it...like..."You're too young to be in love," or "You don't really love her. You just think you do," or...here's the kicker..."If you truly loved me...you would *enter task here*?" Thinking back...love can only be what you think and feel it is...as I said, there is no list or anything to tell you what needs to exist in order to be in love. People love in different capacities, and express it in different ways. Nobody can love for you. So why do people feel like they have to offer their opinion on the matter? Let them come to their own realizations.
Is love contagious? *You can probably say the same about wanting to be single...but i'm talkin about love here. lol* What I mean by that is...seeing other people in love, in a lot of instances, causes others to either want love if they don't have it, or think about the love they had/ve...or just think about love in some capacity. It's good seeing my 2 younger brothers in love. *as they would call it, which is all that matters* Do they love the same. Not even close. They're two different people that handle situations, act, and feel completely different. Yet, by their definition of love...they're happy. and you can tell when they're with their respective significant others. Am I saying this to say I am longing for love? lol *Imma chill on that. Not ready to put that out there in cyberspace yet. those close to me know the deal.*
Can, we as people, live without love? I feel like it is in our make-up to always want love. People long for love, and try to figure out how to obtain it, or wonder why they feel like they are not loved. That's when I see people looking at other people's experience or "advice" and try to personalize it. That rarely works, and this is me speaking from a person that gives "advice." I quote "advice" cuz, I feel like in the matters of love, it's relative only to the experiences of the person giving it. Sometimes, I feel like people tend to look everywhere for answers pertaining to love except for where the answers reside...inside them. Like...they try all of these other methods to get someone to love them, or to figure out why somebody didn't love them...or who they become/became when trying all of these other methods...forgetting the most important person in that situation will always be them.
Ok...I think I talked about what was going through my head about that topic. If there was anything else...I'll probably just add to it later...or just start another entry on it. Ok. Feel free to leave thoughts and whatnot. Yea. holla.
Well, spring is in the air. I don't know what it is about spring...*possibly just unconscious societal praxes that constitute us feeling a certain way at this certain time of year*...but lately I just been feelin like I'm surrounded by it...so why not blog about it.
I've come to realize that, no matter how many times you think you fell in love, how long that feeling lasted, or when you fell in love...nobody will ever be an expert on it. There's no formula, no equation, no general rule, no historical foundations to constantly build upon, no list, no Love For Dummies, no documentaries, no mapquest, no manuscript to tell you how to love.
I was talking to one of my younger brothers about this early this morning when we should have been trying to sleep...which is what initially led me to write this blog. Just seeing the stuff he's going through with his girl and how he is feeling really lines up with a few of my own experiences from the past. *Kid is JUST like me. lol* Anyways...didn't you hate it when you loved someone...yet other people would always like to add their two cents in about it...like..."You're too young to be in love," or "You don't really love her. You just think you do," or...here's the kicker..."If you truly loved me...you would *enter task here*?" Thinking back...love can only be what you think and feel it is...as I said, there is no list or anything to tell you what needs to exist in order to be in love. People love in different capacities, and express it in different ways. Nobody can love for you. So why do people feel like they have to offer their opinion on the matter? Let them come to their own realizations.
Is love contagious? *You can probably say the same about wanting to be single...but i'm talkin about love here. lol* What I mean by that is...seeing other people in love, in a lot of instances, causes others to either want love if they don't have it, or think about the love they had/ve...or just think about love in some capacity. It's good seeing my 2 younger brothers in love. *as they would call it, which is all that matters* Do they love the same. Not even close. They're two different people that handle situations, act, and feel completely different. Yet, by their definition of love...they're happy. and you can tell when they're with their respective significant others. Am I saying this to say I am longing for love? lol *Imma chill on that. Not ready to put that out there in cyberspace yet. those close to me know the deal.*
Can, we as people, live without love? I feel like it is in our make-up to always want love. People long for love, and try to figure out how to obtain it, or wonder why they feel like they are not loved. That's when I see people looking at other people's experience or "advice" and try to personalize it. That rarely works, and this is me speaking from a person that gives "advice." I quote "advice" cuz, I feel like in the matters of love, it's relative only to the experiences of the person giving it. Sometimes, I feel like people tend to look everywhere for answers pertaining to love except for where the answers reside...inside them. Like...they try all of these other methods to get someone to love them, or to figure out why somebody didn't love them...or who they become/became when trying all of these other methods...forgetting the most important person in that situation will always be them.
Ok...I think I talked about what was going through my head about that topic. If there was anything else...I'll probably just add to it later...or just start another entry on it. Ok. Feel free to leave thoughts and whatnot. Yea. holla.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
MVPuppets
Yo. These little puppet commercials between LBJ and KB24 are the funniest things. They crack me up! Here is the latest one up now. And Big Ups to The Cool Kids for that beat!
Friday, May 22, 2009
...okay...SHE got a big...HA HA HA...ego...and I like her's better!!!
New video by Beyonce. Ego. Yes! I HIGHLY suggest watching in High Quality. Full Screen.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
He got a big...HA HA HA...Ego!
Classic interviews on ESPN with Floyd Mayweather Jr. This guys...
Honestly, you can't be mad at him...but real talk though. That is the cockiest MF i have ever seen! Just for his sake, I hope he doesn't get knocked out...or lose at any capacity for that matter. It would be like popping a hot air balloon at 10,000 ft. altitude. That fall is going to be turbulent, long, and ultimately...depressing.
Honestly, you can't be mad at him...but real talk though. That is the cockiest MF i have ever seen! Just for his sake, I hope he doesn't get knocked out...or lose at any capacity for that matter. It would be like popping a hot air balloon at 10,000 ft. altitude. That fall is going to be turbulent, long, and ultimately...depressing.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Forgiveness
Maybe it is just me...but I'm pretty sure it's not. But anyways...I feel like a lot of people get the word "forgiveness" misconstrued. I know I was one of those people, and I kinda feel like I still do sometimes. However, I also feel like it is almost meant to be so.
Just because you say the words "I forgive (you,them, him, her, myself, you guys)" does not mean you have actually done the act of forgiving.
Forgiveness, in my recent experiences, is like an experience...emotion, only manifesting itself after the release of other emotions.
I was the type of person to always say "I forgive (you, them, him, here, myself, you guys)", but know in my heart that I hadn't really done so. It was basically just a means of having others, and even myself at times, feel better about a situation at that point in time.
I think a lot of this has to do with the cliche "Forgive, but never forget." A quote I'm sure many, if not most, live by...in a sense, I now feel like if you forgive, you have to forget. Let me explain.
Like I said earlier...forgiveness is an emotion only brought about after the release of other emotions. Any feelings of resentment in need of forgiveness will be an effect of a certain circumstance. So, in order to forgive someone or some group of people for their actions, from my understanding and experiences, one must also be willing to forgive them for the emotions their actions caused you to feel, and then release those feelings.
Now, I definitely agree with the literal meaning of the cliche mentioned above, and still live by such cliche. However, I now realize that, for me...while I know I won't forget what circumstances came about that caused me to forgive, I must make the best attempt possible to forget the feelings that were brought about. By allowing these feelings to impede on the progress of forgiveness, true forgiveness cannot occur, rather an empty shell resembling the thought of forgiveness, which contains nothing of meaning inside, manifesting itself.
Until recently, through much self-reflection, and a conversation with one of my homeboys (big ups to B-Movin!), I've come to the conclusion that the thought of forgiveness is great. However, true forgiveness takes more than just words...and actions. It takes a true and thorough soul-searching, allowing yourself to ask one simple question...Can you move on past the feelings that were caused by whatever circumstance? If you can't get past those feelings, which isn't all bad, then true forgiveness cannot occur.
And, in the act of forgiveness, only one element can help in the process, and that's time.
Just like a superficial cut, you emotions, your heart, feelings, and anything related, needs time to heal. Eventually, those feelings will scab over, and become normal. However, some instances may cause the emotional skin to become scarred...symbolizing those instances where a souvenir of that circumstance will always exist...but most times, over time of course...you will forget the pain you went through to get that scar. So I tend to think of forgiveness that way. The minute I realize I can get past the pain I went through before the scar appeared, the process of forgiveness can progress.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. Tell me what you think.
Just because you say the words "I forgive (you,them, him, her, myself, you guys)" does not mean you have actually done the act of forgiving.
Forgiveness, in my recent experiences, is like an experience...emotion, only manifesting itself after the release of other emotions.
I was the type of person to always say "I forgive (you, them, him, here, myself, you guys)", but know in my heart that I hadn't really done so. It was basically just a means of having others, and even myself at times, feel better about a situation at that point in time.
I think a lot of this has to do with the cliche "Forgive, but never forget." A quote I'm sure many, if not most, live by...in a sense, I now feel like if you forgive, you have to forget. Let me explain.
Like I said earlier...forgiveness is an emotion only brought about after the release of other emotions. Any feelings of resentment in need of forgiveness will be an effect of a certain circumstance. So, in order to forgive someone or some group of people for their actions, from my understanding and experiences, one must also be willing to forgive them for the emotions their actions caused you to feel, and then release those feelings.
Now, I definitely agree with the literal meaning of the cliche mentioned above, and still live by such cliche. However, I now realize that, for me...while I know I won't forget what circumstances came about that caused me to forgive, I must make the best attempt possible to forget the feelings that were brought about. By allowing these feelings to impede on the progress of forgiveness, true forgiveness cannot occur, rather an empty shell resembling the thought of forgiveness, which contains nothing of meaning inside, manifesting itself.
Until recently, through much self-reflection, and a conversation with one of my homeboys (big ups to B-Movin!), I've come to the conclusion that the thought of forgiveness is great. However, true forgiveness takes more than just words...and actions. It takes a true and thorough soul-searching, allowing yourself to ask one simple question...Can you move on past the feelings that were caused by whatever circumstance? If you can't get past those feelings, which isn't all bad, then true forgiveness cannot occur.
And, in the act of forgiveness, only one element can help in the process, and that's time.
Just like a superficial cut, you emotions, your heart, feelings, and anything related, needs time to heal. Eventually, those feelings will scab over, and become normal. However, some instances may cause the emotional skin to become scarred...symbolizing those instances where a souvenir of that circumstance will always exist...but most times, over time of course...you will forget the pain you went through to get that scar. So I tend to think of forgiveness that way. The minute I realize I can get past the pain I went through before the scar appeared, the process of forgiveness can progress.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. Tell me what you think.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
After the Writer's Strike
So it's been a minute since I tuned in. I been busy. Oh well. Anyways...yea. Imma list a few things.
1. I doubt imma keep up with the entire television theme. Too much work for me blogging about my life and such. So...it's just gonna be a reality show...and imma talk about whatever I want to! lol...might put up a little poetry, videos and other things...but yea...
2. I want to get a group of my friends all blogging so we can just share life and such. My boy LO has one right now. I'm about to start following him now...so for those that start one and happen to stumble through here...first, start followin ya boi and leave comments and such...and then check by boy LO out...he's a funny nigga! trust me!
3. I was gonna wait till I found a way to get a better camera...cuz I don't like the one that is installed in my computer too much. but every now and then imma be puttin up these vlogs...I feel they are more entertaining. you can catch raw emotions and a higher sense of personal reaction! besides...I don't consider myself ugly...so it can't be too bad. lol
4. Watching this Game 7 Lakers vs. Rockets. For those that don't know...I'm straight outta Long Beach, California...LA Lakers fan since forever!! Gotta rep the home team! And they handlin business!!!! Let's Go!!
5. For those that truly know me...I happen to love the number 5. So I had to make sure I got at least this far! Holla! lol
ok I think i'm done for the moment. I'm going to make a more concerted effort to blog whenever I get the opportunity. So make sure to check me out...leave comments....and all that jazz! holla!
1. I doubt imma keep up with the entire television theme. Too much work for me blogging about my life and such. So...it's just gonna be a reality show...and imma talk about whatever I want to! lol...might put up a little poetry, videos and other things...but yea...
2. I want to get a group of my friends all blogging so we can just share life and such. My boy LO has one right now. I'm about to start following him now...so for those that start one and happen to stumble through here...first, start followin ya boi and leave comments and such...and then check by boy LO out...he's a funny nigga! trust me!
3. I was gonna wait till I found a way to get a better camera...cuz I don't like the one that is installed in my computer too much. but every now and then imma be puttin up these vlogs...I feel they are more entertaining. you can catch raw emotions and a higher sense of personal reaction! besides...I don't consider myself ugly...so it can't be too bad. lol
4. Watching this Game 7 Lakers vs. Rockets. For those that don't know...I'm straight outta Long Beach, California...LA Lakers fan since forever!! Gotta rep the home team! And they handlin business!!!! Let's Go!!
5. For those that truly know me...I happen to love the number 5. So I had to make sure I got at least this far! Holla! lol
ok I think i'm done for the moment. I'm going to make a more concerted effort to blog whenever I get the opportunity. So make sure to check me out...leave comments....and all that jazz! holla!
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