Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Daily Thought

Why is it so difficult sometimes to tell the difference between friends and enemies?

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Daily Thought

Verily, verily, I say unto you; Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit - John 12:24

Monday, June 26, 2006

.....Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This

1) New Phones - I haven't always been keen on the whole idea of cell phones. I was one of the few peeps in college to have that good ole Nokia 3390 (I think that's what it was called). I let it get scratched and mutilated and beat up and yet refused to get a new one. I even had someone tell me that they had that phone in high school. I chuckled at that considering how I never really thought about how my phone was outta style. I finally upgraded to a Samsung Simply Blue. That's been interesting considering it doesn't keep the charge well and I had to get a battery replacement two weeks after I got it about a year ago. I started to get a Sidekick but after looking at some people's (that's bad English), I decided against it, partly because I just cannot fathom spending that much on a phone and II) because I am content with this phone that is no longer being made.

2) We Are All In Transition - My friend Reka, (stop on over to her blog), I cannot link it because I'm not so computer savvy and don't really feel like investigating how to link her, just click it on the side of my page; she was writing about how she feels about being in transition. Having graduated early along with her, I kinda feel where she's coming from. I hate being in transition. It is not a good place to be in because you feel like you may never get out of being in transition. People call it a blessing to be a graduate and be able to do whatever they feel like, but I'm not quite convinced - at least you sometimes don't feel like it is.

3) Is Yard Work Fun? - I have never liked yard work. People make it seem like gardening is fun. I and my cousin helped my grandmother plant some plants yesterday and I wasn't very happy about partly because it was hot and it was in the evening and I would have rather been listening to music or playing PS2 or just relaxing. He blurted out that he didn't like gardening and I agree. I can deal with other things like cookin, cleanin, washin, etc, but gardening is not a favorite pasttime of mine. My father calls it theraputic, maybe it is, but not for me.

Last to play....
Jack Johnson - Upside Down
Coldplay - In My Place
Gwen Stefani - Cool
John Mayer - 83
Bliss - Don't Look Back

Daily Thought

Many are called, few are chosen....

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Daily Thought

Happy happy, joy joy

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Daily Thought

It is easier to stay the same than to change.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Daily Thought

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much - James 5:16

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Daily Thought

What goes around comes around....

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Daily Thought

You cannot get to your destiny by yourself.

The Things I Come Up With...

Just a few things....

1) Thoughts on Some Television Shows - Deal or No Deal - It is something to watch on a night when you have nothing else to do. Entertaining game show; Windfall - I think it is addicting, almost as addicting as House or the CSIs; Game Show Marathon - I think America is living in the past....but at least Ricki Lake is making a come back; The Unit - Never watched it, but CBS is really packing in those Bruckheimer dramas.

2) Job Hunting - I have been looking for a job and found it isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I heard that Entertainment is competitive, but perhaps I should have majored in something less popular like Anthropology. (hopefully, no anthropology major is reading this).

3) Nelly Furtado, A Little More Commercialized - I like Nelly Furtado, but I think she strayed away from her unique sound with that Timbaland produced song. I like the song, but it is far from Well, Well or Powerless.

4) X3: The Last Stand - Good movie. Better than the 1st two. Halle Berry looked good as usual.

5) The Word Nigga - A good friend of mine sent me an email on how Black people shouldn't use the world nigga because it defames us. The email says how we say it to each other yet other races cannot say it us. I agree. I think nigga is a putdown. I have used it in the past referring to my friends and cousins, but I have gotten tired of having it in my vocab. I am going to forward that to as many people as I can think of.

6) Jill Scott Parallels - My cousin analyzed many of Jill Scott's songs and many of her songs discuss food. My cousin and I were wondering why she makes so many parallels between love and food. Can you really draw a parallel between grits and sex?

7) The Professor Backed Down - You know the professor who made a big deal about my wanting to know if she'd sent the recs timely, I kindly told her that I was just checking and ended my response with God Bless you and she wrote a nice note back. Good always overcomes evil.

Life has many parts -

Last to play....
LL Cool J - Freeze
Floetry - Lay Down
Teena Marie - Ooh Wee
Letoya - Torn
Isley Brothers - Just Came Here To Chill

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Daily Thought

Does life set you up to fail?

Monday, June 19, 2006

Pookie and Nem Tabernacle of Faith

I was watching the Gospel Comedy All-Stars and one of the comedians had me crackin up about her interpretation of a gangsta church that she visited in Compton. I got to thinking how people see the 21st century church today. There are the megachurches, supadupachurches and the smaller churches. I personally have visited all three. I can say that a church is a church. As long as the word is being preached, I am not one to claim that I can only attend one considering there is only one church anyway (see the Book of Ephesians). I was listening to Bishop Noel Jones and he was talking about how there is a concept floating around in the church that Jesus will make you rich. I have heard this - but many often misunderstand that word rich. The Bible never promised us that Christ would make us rich with cars and houses, and gobs and gobs of mula. Christ promised each and everyone of us that believes on HIM that we will have life. Life is more than a 3 million dollar beach home and a CL Mercedes sitting in the driveway. I am not saying those things wouldn't be nice to haves, but I have found in my faith walk that I am not so interested in things anymore. Before I was saved, I used to go places and find something to get just for the sake of getting, but I have found that I have enough. I know what you're thinking. Good for you. Well, I am glad that I have realized that I had become name brand conscious and people conscious. It is bad to become that way. I have found that I have been able to make it without some things. I have made it this far without a lot of support, without a lot of money (although many have said I am undercover rich boy because I had money everytime I went somewhere). I can truly say that there are many things that I did not think about pre-salvation that God has shed some light on. I have become less judgmental. There was a time in my life that I was very critical of certain things and people. I was up there with the rest of them who judged certain people, but I have become less critical since being saved. I have nothing to judge anyone on because the grass is always greener on the other side and I know where the Lord has brought me from so far.

Life has many parts, I have learned to appreciate some.

Last to play...
David Wilcox - New World
Coldplay - The Scientist
Howie Day - Perfect Time of Day
The Eels - Love of The Loveless
Jewel - Again & Again
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will

Daily Thought

Is anger sometimes a cover for fear?

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Daily Thought

Can you cry at random?

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Daily Thought

The world is better off in God's hands than in satan's.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Daily Thought

No one said Oprah or any other Black person has to like Hip-Hop.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Daily Thought

Is there a Black person out there who has never tasted fried chicken?

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Daily Thought

Whenever you try to change the way things are, that is when haters come out the woodworks.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Daily Thought

Why are oranges not naturally orange?

Monday, June 12, 2006

Daily Thought

I have started something new on this blog. There will be daily thoughts. Here is the first one. Hopefully you are able to use it either today or down the road.


The first rule to getting out of a hole is to stop digging.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste

I remember being told as a child that the mind is a terrible thing to waste. I sometimes feel like my mind is filled with waste. Memories and junk that I need to rid myself of. Things that have since past that somehow "pop" back up every once in awhile. It seems as if the things that I need to forget, I remember and vice versa. It can be somewhat frustrating sometimes. I reflect on the positives and the negatives come to the shore of my mind. It becomes a psychological struggle dealing with the vaselation of the mind and what it houses. I know I am not alone. Yes, you there reader know what I'm talking about and as much as you try to hide behind that false pretense like you do not have this psychological battle - let me stop you from telling a fib. I sometimes try and put on some music to relax my mind. There are people out there who take vitamins and drugs to relax their somewhat jumbled mind. The memories sometimes play games with me. They hide behind the curtains in my mind and then play peek-a-boo whenever they feel like it. It could be something that triggers it: a smell, a comment someone makes, a tv show. There is some darn thing that causes memories to surface. I often think my mind is being remote controlled and that someone is flipping through the channels and deciding what to watch. People go through this daily game with their mind - no matter how sophisticated and peaceful they appear. I guarantee lurking behind that smile is a mind that is playing peek-a-boo.

Life has many parts, you struggle to rid some of them sometimes.

Last songs to play....
Paul Taylor - Don't Wait Up
Pieces of A Dream - Forward Emotion
3rd Force - You Got It
Paul Hardcastle - Serene
Chris Standring - Cool Shades

Saturday, June 03, 2006

A Few Little Things

-Let me pose something to each and every reader....why is it that people get mad @ you when you ask them to do you a favor? Don't do it if you do not want to. A few months ago, I asked a professor to write me a letter of recommendation to law school and the professor agreed. I approached this professor because she seemed like she would write me an excellent rec for some schools. Little did I know that I was bugging her. If you did not want to write it, then you should have said so early on and I would have found another professor. Isn't that rather dumb to agree to do something that you do not want to do? Why would I promise you something all the while knowing I couldn't fulfill and not only that, did not want to fulfill it. That is stupid. And I don't know where she got off telling me it was offensive to her that I wanted to make sure she sent them out. The schools are telling me one thing and she is saying another. They say they don't have them and she said she sent them out. I cannot verify that you sent them out, I'm just supposed to trust you. Ha.....the only I trust is the ONE up above. I've learned over the years that people say one thing and do another. I just didn't realize that she would get so mad at helping me out when all she had to do was be straight up with a brotha and tell me to get another professor, I'm busy. I respect that. But don't come to me and say I was out of line when you agreed to do something.

-Why are they putting high fructose syrup in everything? Even in yogurt. Come on now.....the body cannot digest it well and yet there it is in water, in milk, in cheese, in juice, in tea, in bread even. And it doesn't make things taste better. I guess the FDA "doesn't care too much" about our health. I've been eating organic and I suggest you do too...cause the food companies don't put all that stuff in organic. Like it says in Fast Food Nation, if you cannot pronounce it, don't eat it.

-I read Hill Harper's book recently. It is actually worth reading. Kinda inspirational, but kinda real at the same time. He breaks down some stuff young brothas such as myself face and will face. Letters to a Young Brother resembles Letters to a Young Poet. Nevertheless, Harper puts his own spin on the letter style book drawing upon his own experiences to make concrete statements to the brothas who read the book that you can be in control of your destiny. I recommend it to any man. It's worth the read.

Life has many parts, some are worth writing down.

Last to play....Bishop TD Jakes' sermon, "Untie My Hands"