Spades with Pros

So I was telling the stories of my early days in Atlanta and I decided to write them down.

When I first moved to Atlanta, I moved in a bad part of town there were prostitutes and crackheads in my neighborhood. My roommate was also an interesting man. He was very gregarious type of person. He would befriend almost anyone and everyone. I will talk about him in further detail some other time.

So one day, my roommate decides to bring some of the neighborhood prostitutes. They were outside of my room around 3 in the morning. They needed an extra person to play a game of spades. They decide to wake me up to play. I say "why not?" So we start playing. They were actually pretty nice girls. One girl worked at Target sometimes. They seemed like nice people and actually were pretty funny. At least funny enough on a Tuesday night/Wednesday  morning. We were having a good time. Then one of the girls wants a cigarette. She asks everyone and nobody had any. She leans over to me and asks if I would like to go to the bathroom with her. I ask "why?"She says to provide some services. She said she'll do it for four bucks. FOUR BUCKS!!! Not Five but four. Maybe she thought if she asked for 5 it would have been pushing it. So I just decided to give her the money without any services. Pretty disgusting and I mean the cost of penicillin would be more.

So just one of my stories of the ATL. More to come in the future.

Detox

DR. Dre has done almost everything in Hip-hop. He has affected three generations as a producer, record executive and artist. He was one of the founding members of NWA. The guys who put gangsta rap on the map. He then starts his own label the infamous Death Row. Finds guys like Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G and the legendary Tupac. He then leaves that label to start Aftermath. People laughed and questioned his decison for leaving Death Row. He starts Aftermath and basically doesn't get a star artist for a long time. He finally finds this skinny white kid named Eminem, who becomes the biggest rap star ever. 

He also releases Chronic 2001. One of my favorite albums of all time. Besides the skits (I hate skits), I loved almost every track. I listened to it again a couple of months ago and it was so fresh. It felt like I was back in 1999 listening to it on the bus. The best part of Dre's beats are the keyboard. I love when the keyboard is hitting and its just music that you can vibe too.

I have been waiting for his new album Detox for 4 years. The first time I heard he was coming out with a new album, I was so hype. For years, it was rumored that he was working on Detox. A song with Jay-z was leaked and it was terrible. Dre said it wasnt complete....I was angry. Finally, he drops his new single "Kush". You know what? I freaking love it. I first played it in my car the other day and it was like magic. The bass just hit me and then when the piano hits.......MY GOODNESS! This is my new favorite song, listen to it and love it.



Some videos that are awesome.
Blake Griffin one of the baddest men on the Planet!!!

Enoch Chang's "like a G6" is awesome. Makes me want to dance, biting my lip like a white man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ime2ZnaRVbc&feature=autoshare

UGGS

In college, the whole Ugg trend was starting up. I went shopping with a girl and they wanted to buy Uggs. I started to feel the liniing. I put my hand in it and it felt so warm and comfortable. I felt like my hand just woke up in a winters day and didnt want to get out of bed because it was so damn comfortable.

From that moment, I wanted to get myself a pair of Uggs. The problem is that it is not socially acceptable for a man to wear Uggs. Matter of fact, it seems pretty gay. If I saw myself wearing them , I might make fun of myself. Then, the movie I Love You Man came along. One of the actors, Jason Segel, is wearing Uggs with some shorts. Pretty Crazy. Then my friend in Korea tells me that guys are wearing it there. All the signs were pointing for me to buy them. I went on the website and everything, but couldnt do it.

My friend sent me a facebook invite. It was International Uggs day in November something. Temptation comes around again.

Song of the week

Black and Yellow- Wiz Khalifa (Pittsburgh)

Everything I do I do BIG!!!!!

The Way We Move

I was at church one day and saw a man walking with daughter. The odd thing was that he was showing her how to walk with heels. This man was short and he had a tall daughter, who was maybe 16-18. He was actually moving his hips and telling her how to move in her heels. He did it with such ferver and passion that he kind of made me want to move that way as well. I think he showed her like a couple of moves. It was hilarious.

I loving walking in the streets. One of the things I miss the most. I love to watch other people move and interact with each other. Its fun making fun of the people just walking. 

Women. Crazy sometimes. Just the way they walk can drive a man insane. I understand the father teaching his daughter. It seems that many women dont know have a good walk in their heels. A good high heel walk is a sight to behold.

Vulnerability

So the other day . I was at a restaurant and I had to go to the bathroom. I had to take a number two. I am sitting there and I hear someone trying to open the door, but it is locked. I am pretty quick in the bathroom, if you know what I mean. But another guy wiggles the handle, and he kinda pushes hard and opens the door. He sees me, but there is that pause. He looks at me and I look at him. Our eyes meet. Freaking awkward moment. Worst thing was that some highschool kids were behind him. They just are laughing and I can hear them while I still am in the bathroom.

He caught me at a very vulnerable moment. I was wondering, what other times I have been very vulnerable. My dad left me at the age of four. I probably have only seen him a number of times after that. I think like 10 give or take.But I think when I was a teenager or a tween as kids would say. My dad calls me out of the blue. He says he wants to meet up with me. At that time, I was done with this guy. I haven't talk to him in a very long time maybe 5-6 years. I was very angry, confused and a little irked at the same point. I remember just crying. I was so out of control with my crying. I dont think I have ever cried like that again. Im not the type of person who is ashamed of crying or anything. I think that might have been one of my most vulnerable moments in my life.

Haters

Hater. What exactly is a hater? Wikipedia says, "Hater (slang), a person who expresses intense feelings of hatred or spite, when the reason for this is perceived as unreasonable or spurious." I am a self proclaimed hater. First time are heard the term hater was in a hiphop song probably around 95, a PHD Playa Hater Degree.  I hate things I guess that are popular with some people sometimes for no good reasons. 


For example, I hate Justin Timberlake. I love his music, his acting has improved and seems like a genuinely nice guy and is pretty cool. If I met him somewhere I would probably like him, but something about him rubs me the wrong way. Maybe its his hair or his high voice. Whenever I hear him talking, It just irks me. I also dont like that fact that he thinks hes funny. Dude your not that funny. Dick in the Box was funny but that was because of the other guy. Something about his face makes me want to just want to punch him. But he was pretty good in the Social Network, but for some reason I still hate him.


Are we haters or just people who tell the truth? If we say our opinion like I dont like so and so, people would consider that person a hater. I just say they are keeping it real. Dave Chappelle says Keeping it real does go wrong. Obviously in society we cant always say whats on our minds. Its called filtering. People think that I dont have a filter, but that is false. I do have a filter, but my filter just might not be great. If I said everything on my mind, people would think I am one of the worst human beings on earth. Maybe. I think if we all said what was on our minds, we would probably hate each other and then we would all be haters. 




Some random things of the day


So in small group we were talking about dog fighting and just eating animals and why some animals are pets. Wel I said I wouldnt just kill an animal unless i was gonna eat it not just kill stuff for sport. I said I would eat a dog or a deer. Then someone said"How about cock fighting". I said "I would eat a cock". Immediately after i said this I regretted it. I felt like shoving the words back in my mouth, but it was already said. Silence fell over the room. I looked around and of course my roommate Nathan was there and if you know Nathan you dont want to do that in front of him or jst let him hear about it  . Everyone looked at me and It was terrible.


"I love this video. It has some gay black dude dancing, but I love it. The gay black circus dude makes you think your gay." 


"If he is not gay then I am not straight."


Video of the day






I love how she was so serious when she said it.

Another random thought

Saw an attractive white woman in her late 20s early 30s with an asian teenage kid. I think she was his tutor, but she was like stroking her hair, giving him these sexy looks and looking all sexy . If she is not his tutor, should I be like damn kid you gots game or should I be like damn woman that is rape.

Four things I like that are kind of embarrassing

1 Comic Books: I remember going to church when I was younger and this kid showed me a X-men card. It was like a baseball card but with X-men. They told me how cool it was and showed me these comics. I thought it was pretty awesome. I love the drawings and storylines even still . Reading them now, they are more tailor made towards adults. Deal with real issues like sex, divorce and other relationship topics. For some reason I dont like mangas or anime though.

2 Sports talk radio: I always like sports talk. I remember being a kid in my moms store and listening to it in a small closet/room. I love sports, but I also loved how people would express themselves. They would let out their frustrations or their humor. I guess they kind of taught me how to be a man in some ways.

3 Celebrity gossip: My mom use to read those magazines in the grocery line. I started to do the same thing. I was always interested in the dirt. So I am still a whore for gossip. I look at the sites pretty religiously.

4 Minesweeper and spider solitare: I dont know I just like playing those games. But I feel like an old man when I play them. I feel like I should be playing cooler games like StarCraft.

Pregnancy

Lately, I have been seeing many pregnant ladies. It seems like everywhere I go I at least see one lady who is pregs. Its really an awesome thing. Something about pregnant women, they have a glow around them and everyone is happy for them. For some reason I was thinking this week that I wanted a baby. I mean if I think logically, I know I cant raise one.

I dont know why I was thinking that this week. Is it because I am bored with my life? I heard in my pastors message, that children are expression of your love. Its kind of sad that I want an expression of my love by myself. I dont know, maybe I want to pass on my legacy.

I am the last of my bloodline or namesake. If I dont have a son, my lineage is dead. A lot of pressure. Maybe  I should pray for my sperm to be manly. I really dont care if I have a son or daughter . I mean I do care, but I think I would love them no matter what.

I want kids. But I think I should wait another ten years. or Five or maybe get a girl pregnant today.'

No ten years sounds good.

Movies

I love movies. I remember the first movie I ever saw in the theaters was Bambi. I was kind of hooked. Movies always transported me into a different period or different peoples points of view. You also realize that your not so weird compared to other people. You feel like that there are many messed up people in this world not just you. I love dialogue and acting. I love crappy movies, great movies, erotic movies jk. So heres a little list of my top movies.

All time tops
Gladiator
Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Matrix
The Usual Suspects

Kung Fu movies
Fist of Legend
Ip Man

Korean Movies
Friend
Old Boy
My Sassy Girl
The Good the Bad and the Weird

Love Stories
Before Sunrise
Love Actually
Harry Met Sally
500 days of Summer
16 Candles
Knocked up

Comedies Movies
Anchor Man
The Hangover
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Half Baked
Old School
Something about Mary

Action Movies
Terminator 2
Blood Sport
Casino Royale
Die Hard

Trilogies
Alien
Bourne

Foreign
City of God
Amelie
Pans Labyrinth
Battle Royale
Let the Right One In

Top Five this year
Inception
Kick-Ass
The Town
Scott Pilgrim Vs the World
Toy Story 3

Films Im looking forward to
Let Me In
Social Network
The Tourist
True Grit
The Fighter
127 Hours

The Happiness Factor

I watched this video the other day. It made me think about our state of happiness in this world. 

Here is a little blurb about this video:

Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.

There is a song, "Satisfied Mind", that says Money cant satisfy you alone'. We see many people who have had millions of dollars self-destruct. This video about what can we measure progress in our society. It is not just money that makes life better. So what makes life worth while? How should we measure our lives? I mean as a Christian, I would say to bring glory to God. Marks is talking about happiness and love, but God is love and happiness. This talk reminds me of my  walk with God and how can I give more. I think God made us to give. When we give or share, we do feel happier.

I am lazy and selfish. There are so many opportunities to give, I just make excuses. So, I guess I need to make more of an effort to give. Giving helps us connect, be active and take notice of our society.

I also want to move to Costa Rica now.