Today, I've witnessed a Black man in America become a nominee for president of the United States. Really! Something that I have never ever ever thought I would see. Didn't even think my children would see. I'm thankful tonight. Thankful that God has blessed us with Mr. Obama's presence. His encouragement and enthusiasm. His vision and hopefulness. His vision for the progress of this country. I can look at my father as a man that came of age in the civil rights era, and he can look at me and we can embrace in the glory of seeing someone that looks like us in a position to be the HNIC!
I'm hopeful that Black people are allowed to celebrate this monumental moment. Able to bask in the glory of seeing someone who looks and talks like us in a position of power. Are we allowed to celebrate? How about, I don't give a fuck if they think it's appropriate to celebrate, cause that's what we are going to do! Stand up! Stick your chest out! Hold your head up and be proud! We can do ANYTHING, and if we support Mr. Obama in his vision we will see this country flourish. Education, energy, economy, diplomacy. We can change the world if we ALL are willing to do something. Stand up and be accountable for yourself, your children, your family, your community. Lean on one another so that we all can stand!
This moment is unbelievable......
6.5.08
Too tall
My grass in the back yard was up to my knee. No lie. My yard looked a mess, so I had to spend my day off cutting the grass. I split it up into a morning and afternoon effort. A workout non the less. I had to fight with the mower to get on of the wheels to its highest point. Self propel is broken in the same wheel. I'm getting a new lawn mower soon.
I think I'm going to call around to see about getting a landscaper to come out and see what can be done with my yard. It's not what I want. Not yet a yard I can go out and play in.
Peace
I think I'm going to call around to see about getting a landscaper to come out and see what can be done with my yard. It's not what I want. Not yet a yard I can go out and play in.
Peace
frisco first timer
I'm going going back back to Cali Cali-Biggie Smalls
Yo, for a kid from the Midwest to go out to the west coast for a couple days is a great experience. The west coast is cool...much of it still perceived, but what I did experienced was cool. Frisco was a bit chilly, glad I took my jacket. The buildings were beautiful. It was generally pretty clean, there were a seaming majority of Asians in the downtown area where we stayed...'Chinatown'
That in itself was cool to see. The financial district, where the hotel was in Downtown San Francisco was I think on the boarder of what is considered 'Chinatown'. Because, along with the Asian/Chinese population there were a large amount of what looked to be pretty well off people. However that population did not exceed that of the working class folks, tourists, poor or homeless people.
There were not many Black folks! Joy and I are like, 'where are all the Black folks'. As a visitor, you want to see where the people who look like you live, in the city you're visiting. Observe how they act, what their differences and similarities are. Unfortunately we didn't get to see much of that. Most of the spots we hit just didn't have many of us around and if it did, we weren't in an environment to really talk to them long enough to determine the differences/similarities.
Took a trip to Napa Valley that was beyond anything I could have imagined. The vinyards are so fucking sweet! These beautiful buildings that house the wine. Or house the wine and the machinery that makes the wine and puts it into the bottles and a gift shop area and a little patio area with a full bar/lounge type area under a canopy with beautiful flowers and a view of the grapes growing. Man, that shit was tight! I wish I had taken more pictures...I want to go back, soon!
The trip to Napa Valley was with a group of middle aged women in a literary group, in San Fran for a conference. Joy's mother is a member(we went with them, they invited us. Paid for the plane ticket and hotel...sweet)
So the long bus ride was spent full of women. Virtually most of them carrying on a conversation. Me and Mr. Kyles were the only men.
It was kind of uncomfortable for me to be around alot of women who I presumed to be much like my mother in law, and since this was my perception I chose not to really engage anyone in a conversation because I told myself I would not be interested in what they had to say nor how they said it. Surely, I missed out on some great convo.
We also took a Segway tour of some of Frisco. Them damn Segway's are the best thing going. I want to do the Segway tour in every city! It's the best way to see the city. You want to walk around, but you can't walk everywhere. This thing pretty much transports you around at about a 5mph, and can maneuver incredibly! So you are checking out the city from inside, riding around on these sweet ass machines. I could have rode all day.
We went to fisherman's wharf, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, went up to North Sore. Learned alot I didn't know about the city. Ate at one of the best steak restaurants in San Fran at it was worth the hype! Food was fantastic. A little bougie, and expensive but good as hell. We got it for free cause we listen to this time share crap for about 90 minute(I do want a time share, just can't do it right now)
Of course we carved out time for shopping. We took two hour long trips. One to a mall another to a outlet mall. The outlet was nice, got a two pairs of shoes. Joy got some shoes and a sweet purse. I got a couple hats from the mall. Oh, we stopped into a boutique...that I suggested, and Joy got some really nice things. Shit you won't see in Ohio. Can't wait for her to wear the things she bought.
The trip even ended great with, The Great Debaters as the in flight movie. Wonderful....I will see to it that I get back to San Francisco. Much more to see. Many more people to get to know.
Makes you really appreciate how lame Cincinnati is...I'm going to get out of here one day. It's not the place for me.
Peace
Yo, for a kid from the Midwest to go out to the west coast for a couple days is a great experience. The west coast is cool...much of it still perceived, but what I did experienced was cool. Frisco was a bit chilly, glad I took my jacket. The buildings were beautiful. It was generally pretty clean, there were a seaming majority of Asians in the downtown area where we stayed...'Chinatown'
That in itself was cool to see. The financial district, where the hotel was in Downtown San Francisco was I think on the boarder of what is considered 'Chinatown'. Because, along with the Asian/Chinese population there were a large amount of what looked to be pretty well off people. However that population did not exceed that of the working class folks, tourists, poor or homeless people.
There were not many Black folks! Joy and I are like, 'where are all the Black folks'. As a visitor, you want to see where the people who look like you live, in the city you're visiting. Observe how they act, what their differences and similarities are. Unfortunately we didn't get to see much of that. Most of the spots we hit just didn't have many of us around and if it did, we weren't in an environment to really talk to them long enough to determine the differences/similarities.
Took a trip to Napa Valley that was beyond anything I could have imagined. The vinyards are so fucking sweet! These beautiful buildings that house the wine. Or house the wine and the machinery that makes the wine and puts it into the bottles and a gift shop area and a little patio area with a full bar/lounge type area under a canopy with beautiful flowers and a view of the grapes growing. Man, that shit was tight! I wish I had taken more pictures...I want to go back, soon!
The trip to Napa Valley was with a group of middle aged women in a literary group, in San Fran for a conference. Joy's mother is a member(we went with them, they invited us. Paid for the plane ticket and hotel...sweet)
So the long bus ride was spent full of women. Virtually most of them carrying on a conversation. Me and Mr. Kyles were the only men.
It was kind of uncomfortable for me to be around alot of women who I presumed to be much like my mother in law, and since this was my perception I chose not to really engage anyone in a conversation because I told myself I would not be interested in what they had to say nor how they said it. Surely, I missed out on some great convo.
We also took a Segway tour of some of Frisco. Them damn Segway's are the best thing going. I want to do the Segway tour in every city! It's the best way to see the city. You want to walk around, but you can't walk everywhere. This thing pretty much transports you around at about a 5mph, and can maneuver incredibly! So you are checking out the city from inside, riding around on these sweet ass machines. I could have rode all day.
We went to fisherman's wharf, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, went up to North Sore. Learned alot I didn't know about the city. Ate at one of the best steak restaurants in San Fran at it was worth the hype! Food was fantastic. A little bougie, and expensive but good as hell. We got it for free cause we listen to this time share crap for about 90 minute(I do want a time share, just can't do it right now)
Of course we carved out time for shopping. We took two hour long trips. One to a mall another to a outlet mall. The outlet was nice, got a two pairs of shoes. Joy got some shoes and a sweet purse. I got a couple hats from the mall. Oh, we stopped into a boutique...that I suggested, and Joy got some really nice things. Shit you won't see in Ohio. Can't wait for her to wear the things she bought.
The trip even ended great with, The Great Debaters as the in flight movie. Wonderful....I will see to it that I get back to San Francisco. Much more to see. Many more people to get to know.
Makes you really appreciate how lame Cincinnati is...I'm going to get out of here one day. It's not the place for me.
Peace
13.4.08
Business trip
Kiesha, Craige and I took a drive up to Columbus yesterday to check out these two sneaker boutiques on the O. State campus. It was a cool experience. I have to find a way for Kiesha and Craige to get more comfortable around each other, but I think it will come with time. We are all connected by friendship which I think can take us anywhere we choose.
We get to the first spot and it's pretty much what I expected. Some shit I've never seen before, in a pretty cool environment. I got a chance to introduce myself to the owner and talk to him for a second. I got his business card, so I'll be emailing him to see if I can spark a working relationship. Hopefully get some useful information from him. I'll be in Dayton, so I won't really be his competition...don't see why he wouldn't be willing to help?
So, we leave the first stop and are encouraged by what we saw and really feel like we can certainly pull something like that off. No doubt!
The mistake of the day was walking to the second spot. We went from the 700 block to the 1500 block of High St. in Columbus....that was a long fucking walk! Plus it was cold, and the second store wasn't even worth the walk. And when we got back to the car, Kiesha had a ticket! Didn't know you had to pay on Saturdays....
Our store is coming soon...and kids will be looking to us for their inspiration and motivation. Damn, it feels good just thinking about it!
We get to the first spot and it's pretty much what I expected. Some shit I've never seen before, in a pretty cool environment. I got a chance to introduce myself to the owner and talk to him for a second. I got his business card, so I'll be emailing him to see if I can spark a working relationship. Hopefully get some useful information from him. I'll be in Dayton, so I won't really be his competition...don't see why he wouldn't be willing to help?
So, we leave the first stop and are encouraged by what we saw and really feel like we can certainly pull something like that off. No doubt!
The mistake of the day was walking to the second spot. We went from the 700 block to the 1500 block of High St. in Columbus....that was a long fucking walk! Plus it was cold, and the second store wasn't even worth the walk. And when we got back to the car, Kiesha had a ticket! Didn't know you had to pay on Saturdays....
Our store is coming soon...and kids will be looking to us for their inspiration and motivation. Damn, it feels good just thinking about it!
Johnny be good
Kanye said it best....'how he stay faithful in a room full of ho's'
Friday night we went out to a club for an Urban League event. It was for my brothers completion of a leadership development training. Anyway....we are out at this club, downtown Cincinnati and the women are coming in at an alarming rate. Tall, short, thick, skinny, little asses, big asses, weaves, natural hair. Any type you wanted was at this event, and I'm there with my wife. So, obviously I can't do anything but look and even that was a chore. Know it should be noted that my wife was shutting most of these women down. She looked HOT. But a man can't discount that feeling you get when you see a 'new' HOT women. It's like 'damn, wouldn't it be nice to go over and talk to her'. To see what was up with her, hell even to see if you could take her home. There were definitely some women there that I would have attempted to talk to had I not been married. Several numbers would have been exchanged...no doubt!
I hadn't been out in Cincinnati in a while, and this is one of the reasons. If I go out without my wife then what happens? Do I have to just sit at the bar and not talk to anyone? Am I allowed to dance with another woman? If she's beautiful, smart, funny and we get along I just have to leave her there...why can't I know this woman?
I'm not too sure if any of the woman at the party were checking me out, wifey was close by most of the time. Not sure if any of them notice me looking either. But I was. Ummm ummm ummm, women are something else. A beautiful black woman...shit, you can't get any better than that!
I say all this to say, that I was on good behavior. And have been. I might not agree with all of the rules of relationships and marriage, but I understand that I have to play by the rules. So that's what I'm doing.
Just don't catch me out without my wife.....
Peace
Friday night we went out to a club for an Urban League event. It was for my brothers completion of a leadership development training. Anyway....we are out at this club, downtown Cincinnati and the women are coming in at an alarming rate. Tall, short, thick, skinny, little asses, big asses, weaves, natural hair. Any type you wanted was at this event, and I'm there with my wife. So, obviously I can't do anything but look and even that was a chore. Know it should be noted that my wife was shutting most of these women down. She looked HOT. But a man can't discount that feeling you get when you see a 'new' HOT women. It's like 'damn, wouldn't it be nice to go over and talk to her'. To see what was up with her, hell even to see if you could take her home. There were definitely some women there that I would have attempted to talk to had I not been married. Several numbers would have been exchanged...no doubt!
I hadn't been out in Cincinnati in a while, and this is one of the reasons. If I go out without my wife then what happens? Do I have to just sit at the bar and not talk to anyone? Am I allowed to dance with another woman? If she's beautiful, smart, funny and we get along I just have to leave her there...why can't I know this woman?
I'm not too sure if any of the woman at the party were checking me out, wifey was close by most of the time. Not sure if any of them notice me looking either. But I was. Ummm ummm ummm, women are something else. A beautiful black woman...shit, you can't get any better than that!
I say all this to say, that I was on good behavior. And have been. I might not agree with all of the rules of relationships and marriage, but I understand that I have to play by the rules. So that's what I'm doing.
Just don't catch me out without my wife.....
Peace
8.4.08
Big kid
Today was a lovely day. Spring is in the air, and I can feel it. It's like a rebirth. They say that hope springs eternal don't they? Well, I think it does....
Anyway, I went to the park for a walk. For the exercise more than anything seeing that I've got this big ol belly that I want to get rid of. I'll get to that later. Something struck me while I was at the park. I want to be a kid again. Kids were all over the place. Playing basketball, baseball, soccer. Some of the little ones were playing on the swings and monkey bars....what wonderful times those were. Somewhere along the way we allow ourselves to get too serious about stuff. We stop having fun. Real fun! Play all day fun. Yeah, responsibilities have to be tended to but, we have to learn how to get back to playing and enjoying life. Position ourselves in a way that allows us to have fun and enjoy our time here. We are consumed with work and money and everything else besides enjoyment.
My mother used to always tell me about how things would be when I grew up and I always questioned what she was doing to make her feel the way she did. I knew that I didn't want my life to be all about work. I didn't want to come home worn out from work every single day. I didn't want to stress about bills. About where money was going to come from to pay for this or that. At an early age I had the feeling that to a large extent we have control over what's going on in our lives.
After seeing the kids playing today, I'm committed to spending a significant portion of my life playing. Having fun. Simply enjoying life.
And losing this fucking belly!
Peace
Anyway, I went to the park for a walk. For the exercise more than anything seeing that I've got this big ol belly that I want to get rid of. I'll get to that later. Something struck me while I was at the park. I want to be a kid again. Kids were all over the place. Playing basketball, baseball, soccer. Some of the little ones were playing on the swings and monkey bars....what wonderful times those were. Somewhere along the way we allow ourselves to get too serious about stuff. We stop having fun. Real fun! Play all day fun. Yeah, responsibilities have to be tended to but, we have to learn how to get back to playing and enjoying life. Position ourselves in a way that allows us to have fun and enjoy our time here. We are consumed with work and money and everything else besides enjoyment.
My mother used to always tell me about how things would be when I grew up and I always questioned what she was doing to make her feel the way she did. I knew that I didn't want my life to be all about work. I didn't want to come home worn out from work every single day. I didn't want to stress about bills. About where money was going to come from to pay for this or that. At an early age I had the feeling that to a large extent we have control over what's going on in our lives.
After seeing the kids playing today, I'm committed to spending a significant portion of my life playing. Having fun. Simply enjoying life.
And losing this fucking belly!
Peace
6.4.08
Share
I was reading the news, particularly an article about the economy and another possible stimulus package. One that will professedly send some money towards the country's foundation. How some people are for it or against it for whatever their reasons may be. And I think to myself that if the people who had wealth and money just shared some of what they have the masses would be so much better off and our country would be stronger than ever. People complain about having to pay taxes to pay for things, but to me thats out of greed and an idea that what I have is mine and everyone else needs to get they own shit. And that is true, and agree with that sometimes but I realize the great need by so many people, cities, businesses, schools, parks, public transportation, streets. Every segment of our country is in need of help...except the cities, businesses, schools, parks....where the wealthy people dwell. How is it that we know this and accept it as ok. It's not ok. It's not cool for someone to make upwards of 10 million dollars a year and have such a strong desire to keep all of that wealth to themselves. I agree that everyone should have the opportunity to make upwards of 10 million dollars a year, but I have a greater wish. That those people felt an obligation to give back to their communities...to their country(if you love it so much.) Didn't everyone get taught to share when they were young, certainly if you had siblings. Most of our problems in this country if people would just share and establish a culture of sharing so that our youth would become accustomed to it and emulate us. Cause let me tell you, I go to a county government building everyday to work, and whatever tax dollars we are being allot ed is not enough. Whatever money they are using to fix the roads, is not enough. Whatever they are using to fund our public school....NOT ENOUGH! The people in the world who care the most about money don't understand that they have an obligation to their country to help support it, as it has him/her so that they were able to obtain wealth. Damn, don't that shit makes sense? Or am I trippin? Share you fucks!
Peace
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