Ho-hum

How's it going everyone? Well unfortunately for me the past couple of weeks has been pretty slow and tame. I've been so busy once again trying to upgrade my apartment that I don't even recognize it anymore. It actually looks civil. Which was a big surprise to me. When I got back my place looked like someone who had left in a hurry and forgot to put everything away.

I think I'm now ready to become a homeowner instead of a renter. I see all these people about as young as me already moving forward in their lives. Me on the other hand I'm stuck in a continuous circle of nothing. My goals are to ensure that my credit is good to go and that I have enough money saved for a down payment. I know that I need to study up more on mortgage's and the like. So I know what the hell I'm getting myself into. I know that being in the military qualifies me for a VA loan, so I'll see how helpful that is.

Well my party life in Atlanta has been pretty good. I've been out to Club Europe, Vision's, and many of the clubs in the Buckhead area. It's funny though, when I got back it only took me a couple of drinks to get piss drunk. Now I actually have to spend some money to get drunk LOL. The other night I was so drunk at Club Europe that I think I actually tried to hit on a big chick and she actually shot me down. Now that is hilarious. I will make sure not to get that drunk again though, because bad things tend to happen.

I've been tempted to buy the new video Ipod. The only problem though is that I have six other Ipods and with my luck, soon as I buy this one, Apple will have a new one. I will be extremely pissed if this happens. When I bought my first Ipod they introduced a new one 5 days later and reduced the price on the one I had bought. I probably could have gone in to get a price difference, but I wasn't too consumer savvy at the time. Well I have to go but I look forward to writing in here the next chance I get. By the way let me know if you want to see a new video. I'll see what I can do.

Valentine's Day

Well Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I think I'm actually repulsed by the idea or fact that it is near. I was never a big fan of the holiday because for me it seemed to result in embarrasing gift giving moments, neurotic girlfriends, and just a sense of emptiness when it was all over with. It really sucks when you are just going out with someone and they think they are entitled to a gift over $20.00. All I can do is look and laugh when all I got them was a simple box of chocolates and a card.

I think the best Valentine Day gift I ever gave was in high school. I had been going out with a girl for probably about 2 weeks before it and she got all hyped because she had heard that I was asking my folks to borrow $1,000.00. Well I needed this money to get a car that I had been wanting to get for the longest time. Well needless to say, the word got back to my girlfiend and she thought I was buying something major. The look on her face when I gave her a card on Valentine's Day was priceless. All of a sudden she started bawling and swearing at me and I then realized it was time to dump the "gold digger".

I think I'm slowly getting addicted to working out, which is kind of sad in it's own way, I can't seem to go a day without thinking about what I'm going to do once I get to the gym. I had missed going on Wednesday and I ended up going last night and working overtime. The only thing I hate about my gym is that I think the gay guys try to cruise me and chicks sit and gawk at my calves. I'm sorry folks but I'm one of the few who is actually there to get a workout. I can actually see the results of working out and I think, in some narcisstic fashion, this is what keeps me going thus causing my addiction. LOL. Well this weekend will be very hectic but I will see you guys back on Monday. Have a good one and TTFN.

Busy Bee

I've been so busy the past couple of weeks, that I can't even keep up with the days anymore. I'm so busy working out at LA Fitness, partying, working, reading, studying, and whatever else. I am in the process of getting a scooter, so I can start riding around town much quicker, and still not worry about polluting too bad.

Yesterday was the Coretta Scott King funeral and I think you could tell how much of an effect she had on people, by the number of people who showed up at her funeral. It was a packed house and yet everyone still found time to pay their respects. Well not much has been going on. I will see you guys later.

Great to be back!!!!!

Well I've made it back to Atlanta. I actually got back on Sunday, but I've been on a party binge since I've been back. I forgot how good liquor could taste sometimes. And how lovely the women not in burqas or uniforms could be. I became an IKEA whore once I got back. I have so much stuff from there it's not even funny. I now have a bed, sofa bed, laundry bag, and soon will have a record rack from them. It's been great to be back. I was reunited with my two rugrats Lika and Lilo. I sure did miss them. I've been having fun. Even going into the office has been interesting and fun. Well have to run but will hit everyone up with more later.

So close yet so far away!

I'm just a few hours away from boarding that big iron bird, back to Atlanta. I'm very anxious now. I had to drop off my bags early so they could load them on the plane early. Now I'm just sitting and waiting to get my ride up to the airbase to get on "da plane, boss, da plane". It's weird. About 9 months ago, on my birthday to make it worse, I was sent over here. I didn't know what to expect, what I would see, and what I would do. And now the end results are awesome. I received an Army Commendation Medal. I went to the promotion board and smoked it, scoring a 148 out of 150. I have the opportunity to expand on my military career or go the civilian route and follow my educational dreams. Well I'm going to the Oasis to tell the DJ to kiss my ass and get some skills and drink my last 3 token beers. 24 pack of beer, eleven50, and Atlanta here I come.

Transitions

Holy cow, my departure date is coming up real quick. I've been looking forward to this day for the longest time and it seems kind of weird that it's so close. So as I get pushed to the way side by the incoming personnel and gear up for my inevitable return back to the States, I've began to reflect upon my time here in the Middle East.

Having never been to the Middle East before, many of the customs, traditions, and practices were new to me. I'm glad I came though because it's opened up my world perspective just a little bit more. I've picked up my Gulf Arabic, Hindi, and basic Arabic language skills. I have a greater affection for some parts of the cuisine in this region. I look forward to trying to get hummus and kufta back in the States. I also appreciate the superior customer service that was provided out here compared to the States. I would suggest that American customer service driven businesses come out here and learn a thing or two. Especially restaurants. I also got the chance to see how idiotic, brave, and different people from all over can be as well. From up north all the way down here to Qatar, everyone's taught me a thing or two about life.

Well when I get back I'm probably going to take some time off, go back home to Toronto, play with my pets, and just unwind. Till then TTFN.

Dumb Coconut=Stupid Porchmonkey?

How's it going ladies and gentlemen. You may notice the title of my post today and be kind of puzzled by it, unless you reside in New York. This is referring to comments made by the resident idiot DJ Miss Jones. I was reading a Village Voice article about her latest shenanigans. Now you may be asking yourself, "That name sounds familiar, wasn't she in the news for something else?" DING DING, you are right. She gained fame for the Tsunami song, which so "elegantly" shed light on the plight of the Tsunami victims.

Now everyone is probably familiar with the transportation union workers strike that occured in New York. Well Mr. Roger Touissant, from the Carribean, is the head of the TWU and so Ms. Jones decided to direct her anger against him. She called Touissant a "dumb coconut who probably don't have a green card". As I viewed all of this I couldn't comprehend how someone could make a dumb comment like this. But then again one only has to look at her track record and see where she's coming from. This was one of those times that I'm glad that, she doesn't live by me or is even related to me. But it got me to wondering. Do you think she would take offense if someone called her a porchmonkey? Or maybe even a nigger. Because that is basically what she is doing and has done in the past. I mean if she can address Asian people as chinks then everyone has the right to address her as nigger. Seems only fair. (No, I don't condone these actions, cause this has a tendency of making a peson seem infantile and downright stupid.)

Rumor has it she may be one of the individuals who attended Spelman. If you don't know what I'm talking about just reference my post about Morehouse.

Well it's time for me to go. And expect a recap of my New Years in a future post. It wasn't too exciting but it was still priceless.

You my boy, Blue!

Ladies and gentlemen one of the actors out of my favorite movie, "Old School", has passed away. I hope he died happy like he did in the movie. If you don't know who it is I suggest you get out of your cave and go rent "Old School".



I'm still getting over New Years, so I will write more later. Thanks and ciao.

Happy New Years

Happy New Years everyone. I'm seriously fucked up right about now so I will talk to ya'll later. Peace in the Middle East and much hair grease. Lates.

Truly an Army of many

Howzit, ladies and gentelmen? Myself I'm doing fine and getting ready to return back to Atlanta. It seems like years ago that I was just in Atlanta sitting in my midtown apartment, but it's now T-minus 9 days (or so I hope).

Today I feel inspired by many of my fellow soldiers. I know that I wrote awhile back about some of the underlying racism in the military, but I'm truly in awe of my Army brethren.

Yesterday I went to the Chili's located here on post and I took an R&R soldier there so he could get a real meal, since he hadn't had one in awhile, and see what the post had to offer. We got there and ordered a meal to go but when trying to pay I discovered that the restaurant's credit card machine was not working. Now I was just going to go back to my room and get some cash to pay for my meal, but the soldier paid for it instead. Now this soldier did not know me or what type of person I was but he paid for the meal and didn't want me to pay him back. I felt bad and offered many times to repay him but he refused everytime. He then told me, "Your my brother and if I have the money and you don't then I'm going to try to help you out as best as I can." I thanked this guy profusely not just for the money but also for the quick life lesson.

Later after I finished my shift at the USO I realized what he meant. I've made many a friend in the Army and I know if they were to ever ask me to do something for them, that I would do it no questions asked. Even if it meant that there was a chance for bodily harm to myself or financial loss.

Eerie isn't it?

Morehouse Blues

Today not having much to do I decided to browse through other Atlanta blogs and see what they were putting out there. I came across The Black Gay Blogger blog and read and listened to about some of the stuff he had to put out about Morehouse University and I was rather dismayed about some of the things happening there.

Karsh, the author of Black Gay Blogger, talks about the air of homophobia and the homosexual culture of Morehouse. Well shortly after posting this information, I guess the "fine" upstanding alumni and whoever else from this institution decided to attack Karsh's articles. Now I checked his comments sections, from previous posts, and saw some of the reponses from those people who felt he was trashing Morehouse and I can only laugh at them. The first thing it seems for them to do is attack his sexuality. Now come on guys, is this suppose to sway someone to seeing your side of the story by resorting to name calling? You guys are suppose to be graduates of a reputable institution, act like it. After seeing some of the things posted and the effort to resort to ebonics, I now understand why some white people believe that blacks are inferior.

Now don't get me wrong my University of Hawaii education wasn't at a top tier school or anything, but at least I know how to write something with some sense of coherence. I remember when I was younger and getting my college choices together my mom recommended that I go to Morehouse, Howard, and Bethune-Cookman. Now I'm glad that I chose a different school, even though I ended up not going and joined the Army instead. Well I have to say I'm glad I didn't attend those "upstanding" institutions. Go Warriors!!!

I'm going to try to contact Karsh and see about obtaining some more info about this school.

P.S. By the way if any of you Morehouse grads want to try and shut me down, beat me up, or even try to harrass me good luck trying!!!

Merry Sucking Christmas!

Well ladies and gentelmen I hope you are having a Happy Holiday, Kwanzaa, Hanukah, Christmas, or whatever it is you celebrate. Me I could give a rat's ass about Christmas. Bill O'Reilly has gotten a hard-on for our country moving from Christmas to Holiday. I have only thing to say. Boo-hoo bitch and deal with it. I don't give a rat's ass. Your more than welcome to call it Christmas or whatever the hell it is. I think Christmas is just a way for retail companies to make more money off of decorations you'll probably only use once, or silly ass clothing or gifts that your family doesn't really want. My only high point of Christmas is that I can get wasted while playing new video games or watching new movies. Other than that it's just like any other day, not real important. By the way I got invited to one of the worst Christmas parties, make that party, in my life. I was expecting to get a Christmas dinner. Instead I only got some cookies and milk for my "complete meal". I'm glad I wasn't able to go to the DFAC to get a real meal cause I mean that would only have provided so much sustenance for me. Needless to say I wasn't real happy about the whole event and I'm not going to say more about it.

My Christmas day other than the bad was pretty good. I volunteered at the USO and I actually felt like I was doing a great service to those individuals who came in. They enjoyed my selection of music, which was not Christmas related, and kept asking about how to get the tracks I was playing. I'm starting to get a name down at the USO for playing good music. So I'll have to keep it up. I think the next day I work I'm going to take my laptop in and DJ for the crowd. I know I will do a much better job than the DJ's at the Oasis. And yes the bad DJ's are back at the Oasis. I can't stand the music selection once again. I think when I get back to Atlanta I will make a mix that they can play at the Oasis, instead of the same tired crap they've been killing my ears with. Well that is all look forward to hearing from you guys again. And if you want a new video let me know what you would like to see and I'll try to get it on here.

Rememberance

Yesterday evening I bought Rawkus Records' Best of Decade I 1995-2005 compilation CD. Some of the tracks on the CD took me back to my heyday back in Hawaii, where life was simple and not alot was expected out of me, tracks like Mos Def's "Ms. Fat Booty" and all of the tracks by Black Star. Ahh, how I long for those days. I was 18 and living on my own out in paradise. I had a new girl just about every couple of weeks (thank god for tourism LOL), my own car, did not have to worry about paying rent, and I was getting paid to live in Hawaii. I had my buddy Jaewest next door bumping the beats, tagging, and us getting piss drunk together. We had Mario C. down the hall who was like our older brother keeping us out of trouble, but still partying with us when the weekend came.

Last night I had a very intense dream of being back in Atlanta. I dreamt that I went to my favorite pizza shop up on Peachtree and had a meal. It consisted of one of their large combo pizza's and a couple of Stella Artois. The sad part was, that I thought this was so real, that I woke up and tried to see if the stuff was really there. Only a couple of more day, just a couple of more days. I look forward to being able to walk down the street to eleven50 and just getting smashed and go back to my apartment and fall asleep in a sweet and drunken bliss. I can't wait to walk my dog up and down Peachtree, to stretch her little legs, and just be able to breathe in, view, and touch Atlanta. I look forward to seeing the steel gray vat outside of the Gordon Biersch Brewery, the bright lights of the Fox Theatre, and the people of Atlanta. LOL, but just a couple of more days, just a couple of more days, until I'm back in the ATL.

Let me take Political Discourse for $100.

I came across an article in my favorite home paper, The Seattle Times, with the other being The Toronto Star, and was glad that someone else noticed a problem with what is now being termed "political debate". I notice now that news shows, both from the left and right perspective, figure that the best way to debate the issue is to put folks on the shows who are so polar to each other that it basically turns into a shouting match and nothing more. I feel that the goal of debating, just like writing an argumentative paper for English 101, should be to convince the audience to take in cosideration your point of view and maybe even accept the info which will possibly change your belief on that subject. All these guys do now on their shows is just cause people on both sides to become inflamed and just accept in lockstep that the other side must be an idiot and there is no way to converse with them. Look at the political landscape now, back in 1995 when I was graduating high school there never was no mention ever made of red and blue states. Now this in itself has become such a polarized issue. While I don't have a solution to the problem I hope that people on both sides realize that they are starting to push many moderates away. Hell maybe the moderates should just make their own party LOL.

Just one of those days

Well yesterday we finally went on our Sand Safari trip and it was an awesome trip. We went 4x4ing, skiing, and "sandboarding" the dunes. I even got a chance to go swimming as well. Overall the trip was pretty good. We ate well and fun was had by all, even the boss who was getting sick from some of the bumps we were taking. It was pretty cool to go out there and actually see how far away we were from Saudi Arabia (which wasn't really that far at all). The sights of the sand dunes were pretty cool. I could see myself coming back here to visit, once the war on terror is over. The sand around here reminds of some of the sand at the beaches back in Hawaii. It's real fine, gritty and gets everywhere LOL. It was slightly windy, so sand was flying everywhere, but it wasn't that bad. If you ever get to do something like this I would recommend you take the opportunity and do it.

One thing that struck me as being surreal was the fact that, while we were driving through the dunes, we listened to country Christmas carols in a.....predominnantly Muslim country. It just seemed so strange. Out in the desert and we are listening to songs that would make one think of snowy days and nights sitting by the fireplace.

I will be leaving this country shortly. Though I don't want to leave just quite yet, I'm looking forward to going back to Atlanta and being normal. I look forward to going to the bar and clubs and getting piss drunk and not have to worry about a 3 beer limit. I will now be able to drink hard liquor and not worry about getting in trouble over it. I will now be able to wake up in my apartment and decided whether or not I want to watch porn. I'll be able to look at a wider selection of magazines at the store and not be disappointed with the the current selection, that is 1 or 2 months behind the states, and wish for more variety. I'll now be able to pick up alot more CD's so I can DJ better. I'll get to touch my turntables after 8 months of a forced separation. I'll be able to look at people on the street who are upset about their living conditions at their condo and let them know that they don't know how good they've got it. And the utmost importance I get to see my dog and cat. I've missed them so much and can't wait to hear them yelp and meow.

What is wrong with "The Source"?

This morning I decided to get my quick fill of "The Village Voice" and I saw a letter in the editorial section, from David Mays co-founder and CEO of The Source (for those who don't know it's a hip hop magazine which is almost like The Rolling Stone), responding to an article that was featured in the Voice. The article titled "The Source under fire" was written by Aina Hunter and discussed several legal matters and other issues that that the magazine was going through. When I read Mr. Mays' letter I was severly dissappointed that he tried to address the credibility of the article that was written. He accused Ms. Hunter of misleading the readers with some of the information that was in the article. For example, he cited that the EEOC case that the magazine was involved in was closed, which Ms. Hunter also stated was closed but that the plaintiffs were now going to take to a federal court. I think Mr. May has lost all crediblity with his letter since he obviously didn't read Hunter's article all the way through.

Now I do have a complaint about The Source. I think it doesn't serve a real purpose other than to try to create beef amongst hip-hop artists. A great example, is when they portrayed rapper Eminem as a racis based upon an interview he had when he in his early teens. The guys are a joke plain and simple. The only enjoyment I get out of the magazine is going to the PX and looking at the ads in the very back of the magazine, only because they have ads for porno's back there. Other than that though, I could care less about the magazine. I'm disgusted with how hip-hop has become so commercial. I long for the days when hip-hop had a message (mainly political) and it wasn't about the bling bling, hoes, and cash. Now don't get me wrong I listen to the music today but if I had my choice I would listen to Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" any day over some of the albums out now. Hell I'll even take Wu-Tang. The best magazine I've enjoyed that relates to hip-hop is SCRATCH magazine I've never gone wrong with this mag. I just wish it was just a little more indepth and much bigger. Now I think XXL may have a part in the creation of Scratch, but I don't pay attention to XXL and could care less about it as well.

By the way I may finally be returning to Atlanta after so many months away (it seems like years) so I may take a break to get piss drunk and use to the States once again. So forgive if I don't keep posting for a little bit. Also I may start getting ready to run for political office once I get back there, but I will definitely be working on my movie.

Shortcomings

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile folks I've been pretty sick as of late. Think someone is passing the cold around my office. I will try to get back to writing form as soon as I can. So instead of reading this blog, go shopping, and get some gifts for the family.

Whatta day

This past day or two has been kind of stressing, due to the fact that I'm preparing for the promotion board and my new replacement is due to come in soon and so my unit wants me to come on home. Now my unit is indicating that the only way I'll be able to stay for the promotion board is if I am going to re-enlist or extend for another year or so. My only problem though is that I wanted to get ready to attend law school and my family does not think that I should re-enlist. I'm not losing much sleep over it, because I think I'm close to making my decision, but I'm just getting so frustrated with the situation. Oh well.

I dowloaded the Rockstar Custom Tracks Converter for the PSP and that thing kicks ass. I can now download my tracks off a CD and listen to it, just like the Xbox GTA games, while playing GTA Liberty City Stories. It's cool. Only drawback is that I have a small memory card (32mb) and so only have two songs on their. I will be buying a 1GB card though and when I get that I should be able to put more and better songs on it.

Upcoming weekend

I'm starting to gear up for this upcoming weekend. I'll be very busy. On Friday I will be starting my first day of volunteering at the USO. Then Saturday, mostly all day, I'll be going out to the desert to try to sand ski, swim, and whatever else. I'm pretty excited about the trip because it'll allow me to get some more adventure type clips so I can make my "extreme" movie (joking about the extreme). I've never been skiing before (got kicked out of ski school for underage drinking) so this will be new to me. If I can I would like to do sandboarding as well.

On another more serious note, I was watching ABC's Primetime and was very disturbed by what I saw. They had two white girls on their show who performed songs praising individuals like Hitler and Hess and praising the white race (by the way did you know, that by the end of the European theater portion of World War II, Hess was discovered by troops eating out of the dumpster LOL a real Nazi hero). They claim that Hitler could not have killed all of the Jews in the Holocaust and many other revisionist theories. This family is the epitome of what is wrong with America. All I can do is shake my head and wonder why I serve sometimes, but then I know that more good comes out of it than bad. If you want to see the article about this here is the link idiot racist twins. Oh well one can only laugh at such foolishness.

Untitled

Well I hope everyone is doing well. I know it's been a couple of days since I've posted. I've only had one bad experience the last couple of days and that was my ATM card getting eaten by the Qatari ATM machine. So now I'm out of an ATM card till my new one from Atlanta gets here.

I've got good news for my ears. They finally got some superior DJ's in the club who actually know how to mix and generate a buzz on the dancefloor. It was weird to walk in and listen to the music and realize it was being mixed. So kudos go out to whoever let those guys get in their and work their magic. Oh and I think I found one of the most flamboyantly gay guys out here. Now here is my question, after seeing this in Atlanta and elsewhere, why do black homosexuals have to make it so apparent that they are gay. Some of the white homosexuals I know do not get all extravagant and act so ridiculous. Now don't get me wrong, I know not all black queers act like this, but it seems that they take their cue off of Jack on "Will and Grace" and decide this is how to act.

I started browsing the Famous Trials link on my webpage and I saw a profile of a lawyer who took on Jim Crow laws. It's very interesing because he was a smart African-American lawyer who after witnessing so much racial discrimination got fed up with it and decided to attack it. His name is Charles Houston. This guy is now one of my inspirations to go to law school and kick ass, as best as I can, and make a difference in the world. I wonder though, that if by the time I graduate law school will I still have that same aspiration or will I just seek out the quick buck? I hope to stay on the right track but only the future will tell. Well I have to go and study up for the LSAT, see you guys later.