You would think a warning would not be needed, seeing that every summer in Chicago (except 1995 were about a thousand people died from the heat) a porch has collapsed under the weight of like a million people that shouldn't be there. I have PERSONALLY seen a back porch or 2 collapse, basically from them being so old, so I know not to stay on them too long...
But noooooooo...
I have to say this again.
STAY OFF THE DAMN PORCH!
The coverage of this accident is mad suspect when compared to the whole situation that happened at E2. THESE people happened to have their lives ahead of them, while the people on the south side who died are 'thugs' and shit...
Let me stop before I get mad or something...
In other news...
That whole business of staying here in LA might be in jeopardy. This state still does not have a budget at press time, which is due tonight at midnight. This impacts me since I am at a community college. Their programs will start to get cut back which would slow my progress. So if a budget doesn't pass, I may decide to go head and jump ship.
Of course, this depends on what my PO has to say about it... damn I hate that...
We have come to the end of June, so I would like to thank my sponsors once again...
Issey Miyake
Crackheads
The San Fernando Valley
99 Cent and Dollar Stores everywhere
Tower Records
7-Eleven
Starbucks
Carl's Jr.
Barnes & Noble
The Los Angeles Community College District
Church's Chicken
Abruse, Confrused, Comprutas... etc
This also marks Halftime of the year so far, and it has been a really shitty year so far. I can't help but to see it any other way right now. But the year is only half over so there is always optimism that a comeback is in the making, and thats what we're hopeful for on this end.
It's lunchtime, I feel Chinese...
I guess broke people do need love too, but I don't know if I could trust a 99-cent store condom. Then again, back in the day, if I trusted condoms from the free clinic, I guess its not that bad. Even Lifestyles is now sold up there. Thats a brand I don't use anyway *too small* so it doesnt even matter at all.
Still funny to think about though. You can get just about anything from the dollar store these days. There's almost no reason to shop at a regular store. Short of clothes and Pots n Pans...
In Other News...
It's a slow day around here, so I think I will work on my resume so that I can actually work (permanently) for the first time in damn near a year. I can't believe a year actually went by so damn fast. It doesn't feel like it when its the present, like now. Time is just kinda standing still, but not at the same time.
Paradoxal, huh? Or, more likely, just confusing.
I ask again, does it really pay to be nice? I say hello to a young Serena-esque woman today at the library and she sneers at me n shit.
A sneer? are you kidding me?
I just gave her the finger and turned my headphones up, she was probably cussin or something but it was all jumble underneath the bars of Killer Mike & Big Boi's "A.D.I.D.A.S"...
Sox won last night, but are losing today. 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
I'm feeling a Slupree today, so let me bounce...
I went to Tower Records on Sunset earlier this week and wound up picking up that Donnie album (I like it, a lot). While I was there I also saw that De La Soul has now put out a Greatest Hits CD. It included hits like:
Potholes in my Lawn
Me, Myself and I
Plug Tunin'
Buddy
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
Ego Trippin
Breakadawn
Stakes Is High
The Business
4 More
Oooh Ooooh
Baby Phat
And, All Good...
Probably a few more that I missed.
I feel that De La is one of the most underappreciated hip hop acts ever. But, I HAVE all these on their respective albums. (Side note: I could kick my cousins mommmas ASS for leaving my 200+ CD collection over some nigga's house)
It was the same thing with Outkast, although with theirs there were like 4 new songs, but still not worth it since I got all their shit too. Now I MAY invest in a Jay-Z greatest hits, simply because I refuse to buy any more Jigga-boo albms (I got one, In My Lifetime Vol. 1 and thats because someone left it in my cd player). So I ask thee, what are some of YOUR favorite greatest hit collections?
Can u tell I'm bored? lol
In Other News:
GO (White) SOX! they play the Cubs today and tomorrow...
This computer I'm on in the library shows no images, try to surf these days with a Text Only restriction and see what you get...
I am tired of getting my ass kicked in video games. The older ones I have no problem with but damn all that other shit. I am going to have to invest in an X-Box or PS2 soon...
I just found out that a juco out here (Pierce College) has a Algebra class that is on computer! I am running over there to sign up as soon as I (hopefully) get the go-ahead from the instructor that gave me this freekin incomplete.
It's kinda warm today... I wonder should I go for the Mocha Malt Frap or the Baskin Robbins... decisions decisions...
Oh, Boy.
On 5th street in downtown Los Angeles, a building (a hotel I think) is being renovated. So there's one of those scaffold-type things that surrond the building, complete with wooden sidewalk.
It has become a literal crackhead gathering place.
The cops are always around, but not quite. I mean, there's a station down the street but they are rarely seen. I have to walk this route sometimes, and besides the weed men (that seem to come out the woodwork NOW, where were they like 6 months ago?) I have seen people bargaining for, buying, and selling rocks like it was Wall Street (Speaking of which, Wall St is a block or 2 away...) This morning in broad ass daylight they were getting their smoke on. 3 of them huddled together, and all of a sudden one of the women (there were 2, and some little dude) screams out 'GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY'.
I tried to hold in my laugh, but it just came on out. Hey, at least she didn't smell me....
In Other News:
Looks like priests will not be charged in some old sex abruse (lol @ OJ) cases, according to the Supreme Court... so if you see alot of old dead priests floating in some water or hanging from rosary beads, you know why.
I found out some of my grades... I got 2 B's, 1 C, and in math...
I got an Incomplete...
I was like, erf?
I guess because I didn't take the final it came out that way...
So, should I complete it? Or... just transfer now....
Hmmm....
I am in the library, and why did I see an old transsexual white, um, person? It's times like these I need a camera like OJ and Calvin.
I would just like to say that the court of 'public opinion' sucks. For it is this same court that has passed yours truly off as some sort of 'unreformable thug', since I have a criminal record and what-not. I mean, if the perception becomes the reality, which is fucked up and skewed, what difference would it make if a person changes or not? Look at these perceptions:
Mike Tyson - Rapist
Michael Jackson - Weird Pedophile
R. Kelly - Kinky Pedophile
O J Simpson - Murderer
Ok, that may be a bad list.... so nevermind that.
Anybody know how to cure an Angry Black Man?
I talked to one of my good friends back east tonight. He told me about his new vehicle.
A minivan.
I almost gagged.
He is a family man now. Good job (Navy man), 2 kids and a wife, not baby-momma.
This was the LAST person in the world that you would expect to get married, much less have kids. He did not get along with women AT ALL. Used to make them mad all the time, diss them, the whole 9.
Now, I can hear the pride in his voice when he was talking about taking his family to Disneyworld. I almost want to throw up but I keep it together because in all actuality I am proud of him, and Really happy for him too.
Then I have 2 other friends of mine with kids. They're the same people, but different. I can't really explain it though. I don't know if I want to.
Shoot, I may need to find a new set of peeps in a few, I would be hangin with my homies and they have to stop for diapers, or go to kid-friendly places and what-not.
I am allergic to children. I get to sneezing and all that. I couldn't have kids of my own. That would mean I would have to keep them, feed them, change them the first year or so, then feed them more and more as they get older, actually try to give guidance, etc.
I am not up for it, I am still trying to get my own shit together. Children would complicate matters severely.
I am more comfortable in the uncle-toss-them-a-few-dollars role. I'm not on the hook for much else that way, and its way cheaper.
In Other News...
NBA Draft... The Bulls picked another point guard. And some other dude.
Bears football this season will be brought to us by Bank One.
And I found one of the Church's in the Valley, so I'm content.
Am I the only one tired of seeing Mo'Nique's fat ass everywhere?
I have done a lot of driving around the San Fernando Valley the last few days and I have come to observe something...
There are no Church's Chicken joints in the Valley. Why?
Yeah I know I should have observed more than that, but thats all I got right now lol...
In Other News:
I had another Issey Incident:
This lady got on the bus and sat next to me. Okay looking... til she opened her mouth...
Lady missing at least 3 teeth: excuse me...
Me: yes?
Lady: what cologne do you have on?
Me: Issey Miyake. It's Japanese.
Lady: ok, what does the bottle look like?
Me: I don't know, I got it bootleg
Lady: Ok, well I just had to tell you that you smell nice. I was sitting over here and had to say something, I couldn't take it anymore...
Me, smiling a little bit: Thanks....
That didn't go TOO bad, but damn...
since there were no Church's in te Valley I got me some KFC....
BMG... Van Nuys and what street in Pacoima?
Who the hell is Lumidee and who IN the hell decided she had some sort of discernable talent?
They say if you don't know where you're going, how do you know if you are there already? Or something like that. This is supposed to be the mindset of setting goals. I have a few goals for the summer that can take me in one of several directions. I figure here is a good place to share some of those goals as any.
Some may be out there while others may be right aorund the corner.
1. To get an actual haircut sometime this week.
2. To finally learn how to DJ. Its something that I been putting off because I wanted to move back east, but since I will be here for the next year I gotta learn out here somehow.
3. To pass Intermediate Algebra this summer with no less than an 'A'. Since it is a 5 credit hour class it will do wonders for a GPA
4. To become a professional gamer. LOL. I would have dismissed this too until I read that people can actually make money doing this...
5. To find my own space again
6. To get a decent part or full time job. I think I deserve it.
7. To finish my first novel (Late July)
8. To drop like 25 pounds. (Yes, Red, limited Starbucks from now on....)
9. To make more friends on the west coast (despite my obvious bias)
10. (probably most important) To get out from under state supervision.
well, there it is in a nutshell. My life will be pretty full from now until like September if I start on working all of those goals. None of them is as lofty as World Domination, but hey, even the Vatican started with a brick (and a pope, and a small, shy altar boy..... but we won't go there LOL)
In Other News:
The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the U of M Law school to use Affirmative Action policies, which is no doubt good news. Even President Bush said so, so I guess its a good thing now. (I hope ya'll can feel the sarcasm....)
The Draft is Thursday, and I am not sure yet but I think Cleveland will pick LeBron James first...
There's never a Giodano's around when you need one. Maybe a Chicagoan will send me a slice? Pleeze?
I think that's how it's spelled.
Today I tried something new. I call it Vanilla Issey. I had the usual Issey Miyake, but today I showered with some of that vanilla scented shower gel stuff. So we will see how many crack rats and bums I can draw in one day.
I am jealous of all of these different blog layouts. I thought I was on something with my color change, lol. But its okay, as long as the content is strong, I won't need none of the flashy stuff... yet.
I think I have a phobia. A fear of barbershops. I'm not sure why though. Maybe it stems from moms dragging me there every 2 weeks thru elementary and high school having this same old nigga (either my Uncle Ray, or old ass Tom) giving me the 'same old collision' haircut. Or maybe I just don't like barbershops. Matter fact, since 1998, the last time Max had anything resembling a bald head, I can count how many times I have been to a barbershop. Let's see...
The last time? january 2003. 6 months ago
Time before that? july 2002
before that? November 2001 (my aunts INSISTED since it was the week I was to go on Millionaire and they said I was not gonna embarass them on national TV by having my hair look a hot mess. )
Before that? December 2000 (I had my locks cut off)
Sometime this week, I think I will have to make a visit to a shop, and not just to buy a bootleg version of The Hulk.
In Other News...
Recently there was some shit in all the newspapers saying that Latinos are now the #1 minority in terms of population.
Why is this a surprise?
Well, I guess it is to most of White America. It seems as though nothing exists to them until its on the news, or in the Journal, or some shit like that...
School violence, for instance. As if kids were not getting shot up at school before then ( I know of at LEAST 5 incidents when I was in high school)
But anyway, let me go eat something healthy for a change...
I had a big entry in here about how I was feeing Raven when she said something to the effect that her family casually neglects to tell her things that are slightly important. My latest example being that no one told me of a family reunion coming up next month in Chicago, I guess expecting that I won't be able to make it, but maybe just maybe it just continued a trend in which no one tells me anything til the event is long passed.
I hate that.
I also had something in here about being disappointed that the Sox did not sweep the Cubs in Wrigley but they took 2 out of 3 so I am not mad about it much.
In other news...
Why is my car CD player starting to cut off and on on its own, anybody have an inkling of an Idea?
I have added my sis reddy to the link-list...
I bought this book at Barnes n Noble called Mathamazement, hopefully this will help my math-challenged ass somewhat...
Either that or a tutor with nice boobs, lol.
Well, no. That won't help. I would be too distracted. So, maybe an ugly tutor, or probably a dude, lol..
anyways, a mocha malt frap is calling my name...
How, Calvin asks, can I say, fuck the Cubs?
Well, I am a White Sox fan, that's how.
These type of rivalries run deep in Chicago. Like Bear fans do NOT cheer for the Green Bay Packers under any circumstances (fuck Bret Favre) neither do Blackhawk fans cheer for the Red Wings (fuck them all).
But to be born on the south side and have any connection to baseball is to be born a SOX fan. The Cubs and pretty-ass Wrigley Field can go to hell and stay. This was really hard for me at one point since I actually WORKED at Wrigley Field at a time when the Sox were winning and the Cubs sucked. This created tension on a daily basis, to say the least. This is not to say Wrigley is not a cool park or anything like that, which it is, but the team fuckin STINKS! year in and year out, much like my team, but, as long as my team wins, fuck the Cubs.
In Other News:
Said Sox have just beaten said Cubs for the 2nd straight day.
Here's praying Jay Williams has a speedy and full recovery.
Even though I have committed myself to staying in California for the next year, I still think this is a very odd place.
They are trying to recall the governor. (Gray Davis - D)
That they just re-elected not even a year ago.
This same governor that got California through an electricity crisis at the height of the Dot-com boom. Granted, he made a fucked up deal with Texas, but they were the ones playing him shady, and we know how ENRON ended up...
Now its this budget. No one wants to pay more taxes, that is a given, but sometimes its necessary. It sucks but what can you do. But since a high ranking Republican said that he will politically kill any Republican that voted for the budget that included tax increases, it did not pass on time.
So whose fault is that?
It reminds me of when Newt n em tried to shut down the U.S. government not so long ago. It didn't work and the GOP wound up looking the fools, which happened alot during the Clinton administration.
I think I need to stay out of politics, lol
In Other News:
Yes, people are disappointed that my cuz is not graduating on time. On the other hand it is guarded disappointment, as the way this kid was going there was a time when people would consider him a high school dropout. So the progress that he has made is amazing also considering that he came from the LA Unified School District. I thought Chicago Public Schools were bad. These people here take the cake, for real.
Cubs - Sox... can we say WAR? Oh, and, Fuck the Cubs...
Welp, my cousin will not be walking across anyone's stage today.
It seems as though he will not be graduating on time. He has to go to summer school for a MATH class.
Sound familiar?
This throws off a few things. I am wondering now if his best bet would be to go to a community college for a year or so, because stemming from this he is clearly not ready, academically that is. And since MOST colleges want at least a high school diploma, well...
But we'll see, I will have a talk with him later this week to see where his head is at. He may still want to go to Job Corps...
In Other News...
Anybody know where I can find an apartment without a credit check? lol
I am really fiendin for some Popeye's right about now....
While I found that the Mocha Frap by itself was mad lacking, the Mocha Malt Frap is heaven in a plastic cup.
Why the difference? Probably the nice malt flavor, makes it taste that much better. Matter of fact, I am going to get one now, lol.
In other News...
I guess tomorrow I find out whether or not my cousin out here in Cali is graduating from high school. He says he is, but his mother says she keeps calling the school and they keep saying he's not. They have both been MIA from the phone since this has happened, so we will see wassup tomorrow, since the actual Ceremony is tomorrow.
Other than that and getting my mind prepared for a summer of math problems, not much is going on, but I'll be back with the verdict on the graduation shit tomorrow....
So now we will see what is up. I think I will get 3 Bs and an F. I know that shit is lopsided, and its costly too as that F carries with it 5 dead hours. That means I am going to have to kick ass in summer school. I wanted to GAIN ground this term not tread water, but what can ya do..
In Other News...
I had another Issey Miyake run-in
crack rat: hay babay
me: wassup
c-r: you, smellin all good
me: oh, thanks...
c-r: can u buy me a beer
me, not making eye contact: naw, um, I gotta go...
This bottle is almost done, and it will be too soon for me...
Oh and I am going back to Wal Mart for more towels. lol
I am dead tired.
I am sitting in front of a computer dozing off as I type this...
8 hours of sleep for the past WEEK my have a little something to do with this...
In Other News:
BOOOO Spurs....
"hey ___ how are you today? that's cool. You know what I been meaning to ask you if you would go out with me since the beginning of the semester. I think you are fine as I dont-know-what and when I heard you speak in class I determined that I needed to get to know you... so wassup?"
know what she said...
NOTHING, because yours truly chickened out and didnt say a word...
dammit
And now, an excerpt of thoughts going thru my head as I wait for a bus on Sunset and La Brea at 5:30 in the morning...
damn, it's cold out here.... sun's coming up... shit... *SUV rolls by* wow, look at THOSE rims... Sprees... oh shit they WHITE!... I don't even like rims but I will rock those... where is this bus... *hears shouting from a car* what are they shouting at? *sees 2 white girls* oh, thy think they are hookers... they not sayin shit back, thas cold... *when 2 girls pass our hero hears them speak some slavic language* Oh, they dont speak english, ok... *more catcalls from cars* should I say somethin... nah, this is too much fun... damn for sunset blvd ain't much goin on *looks at mobile station to see 3 fine ass girls pop out of a Tahoe* YES! *sniffs self* Damn, I smell like pee, last time I walk thru downtown at 1 in the morning, that whole place smells like pee.. *sees 3 niggas in a Saturn look at the three in the Tahoe* oh shit, well they may as well go for it... oh, they handed them party flyers, shit... fuck, it's cold... brrr, *car pulls up to stoplight, drunk white guy leans out and asks me 'HEY, where are all the hookers?' I shrug* who he think I am, the bus stop pimp? dammit.. hm, well here comes a hoe *white lady* damn they WANT her ass, 3 dudes have tried to stop her... hmm *guy in black Acura pulls up* oh shit she got in with him, lol the marine in the jeep is PISSED!... *watches as car goes around corner and 60 seconds later hooker pops out* ohhh, that must be her pimp, lol she aint make no money tonight I see... *bum comes from across the street* man this cat is muinchin on something, must be good he smackin n shit... wait... what the... oh hell naw this nigga is eating Kitty Litter out the bag like it cookies.... thats fucked up... *bus comes* damn its like 630... iight let me gone, hmm this shit could be blog fodder... lol
In Other news...
One word on how I came out of a Wal-Mart with just a towel.... FOCUS!
I'll say that nothing really stood out, except there were no old men. Lots of old women, like the greeters n shit, but no old dudes, that kinda surprised me.
But, no kids running around unattended.
No fucked up fashions.
None of that. It could have been an off day, I'll admit as much.
'Fo Shizzle!
1. What's one thing you've always wanted to do, but never have?
I always wanted to be on Jeopardy! but their test fucked me up like 3 times, all before the age of 21 so maybe I can do better on one laters
2. When someone asks your opinion about a new haircut/outfit/etc, are you always honest?
Yeah, you can always find something nice to say. Or not, lol
3. Have you ever found out something about a friend and then wished you hadn't? What happened?
Well, I did find out one of my boys was fuckin another one of my boys S.O.. I just kept my mouth shut on that one.
4. If you could live in any fictional world (from a book/movie/game/etc.) which would it be and why?
I would want to be an X-Man, just so I could have mutant powers, some shit lol
5. What's one talent/skill you don't have but always wanted?
I wanna Sannnnnng!
In Other News...
The Press Conference was cancelled, the tiime conflicted with my being lazy.
Steve Kerr fucked the Nets up, it doesn't look good.
I took my first trip to that big ass Wal-Mart on Crenshaw, and I bought one thing.
A towel, lol. It took me forever to get outta there because ite 3 floors high. I didn't see anything extraordinarily um, Urban, but, I will be back soon.
Tomorrow I'll talk about my trip to malibu
AP - LOS ANGELES. Maximillian, the owner of the semi-popular blog Trip to Bolivion has decided to remain in Los Angeles for the next year, unless a god-father type 'offer he cannot refuse' comes up during the summer.
Maximillian was not available for immediate comment but released a statment through his P.R. Firm:
"I am pleased that I have been able to reach this decision, ending speculation for months that I was on the outs. I feel that I have a ton of unfinished business to clear up here before moving on in a timely fashion."
A press conference is also scheduled for 9 am Pacific Time.
I'm mad silly sometimes, LOL
In Other News...
Yesterday I decided to get in my car and just DRIVE, in one direction.
I ended up in Santa Barbara with, like, NO gas.
And every gas station was closed for miles. Imagein being stuck on a freeway that is quite dark without brights on, with no gas, no food, and your cellphone out of power.
But I found a 7-Eleven that had gas so I went there.
The drive was peaceful and you can see the ocean from the 101, the moonlight licking the waves like an experienced cunninlinguist. Palm trees swaying, when I could see them anways, listening to various R & B cuts. It was during this drive that I made the decision to stay another year and...
Oh wait I need to save that for the press conference....
By the way, I am at BN.com and the offered to buy this $44 history book for like 4.95. I think I will pass on that. But they MAY buy this one, I'll find out monday for certain.
And congrats to my lil sis Reddy for joining the blog community... again.. lol
I got a 'B' in my broadcasting class *takes a bow*
Barnes & Noble.... caramel frap... need I explain? thought not *grinnin*
Not only do I have to take this algebra class over, with the same instructor, at NIGHT, but they are not using the same book so I have to buy another one..
Matter fact, I have 3 more books that couldnt be sold back this semester...
I went to buy a caramel frap today, and Starbucks was out of caramel, so i tried a Mocha frap instead...
No Good.
2 finals to go...
My math final is tomorrow and my final for history is june 16. I am still debating on whether or not to even take the math final, since my average is a resounding F, and I go to oreintation for my ice cream job that same day. And, I am going to have to take it in summer school, which really blows beacause it will be the same damn instructor.
Looks like I need a change of venue, lol...
In Other News...
I haven't had the time the last 2 days to update, with me studying and all.
My audition CD was a hit, with people telling me I should hit up a few radio stations with it. I might, if I clean it up a little bit...
The Ducks and Serena Williams lost, so the Year of L.A. has finally ended.
Yesterday I went sport-loco. I went to the batting cages for the first time in years. It started off rotten at the beginning because I had no timing. I moved to the slow cage and started tearing the rubber off.
Next, I went down to sportmart to price some hockey skates. I can tell right now this will be a tough task for me, but I am going to get back on skates and maybe play for someone's club.
ok, let me go eat a pop-tart...
I'm watching the Fox Beyond the Glory on Dominique Wilkins.
I think he should have been in the NBA's top 50, no question.
Am I the only one that watches those World's Strongest Man competitions? That shit is mad funny. One day they had the women on there. Big burly broads. These chicks was bigger than the average dude. I was like, damn! not in no, damn, I wanna fuck kinda way, more like, damn, she could probably kick my ass n shit!
That was not a turn on, lol.
In Other News:
The White Sox took 2 of 3 from the Dodgers, kickin their ass 10-3 today.
This week and next week is Finals week. Why is it spread out over 2 weeks? I do not know...
I am working on an audition tape for my Broadcasting class. Maybe you all can see it one day (well, maybe not... lol)
Ever have a ton of work to do, but don't know where to get started?
That's where I am now
I'll have it done by the time its due, so I am not TOO worried, lol
In Other News...
The Ducks have extended the Stanley Cup to a 7th Game. I knew it was going to happen because Brodeur (The Devils' Goalie) gave up 3 goals in the first period.
These people on Amateur Night fuckin suck. Rudy Rush said these dancin fools looked like the Knick Dancers when the money ran out LOL
Oh shit, this white girl finna dance...
(60 seconds later...)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I love my people...
The Friday Five this week kinda sucked, because it was based around love and exes, and its been a bad week for that kind of thing, since my sister decided to call and ask me about 3 of my exes, then another one's birthday was this week. And the last time we talked she was pissed off at me for assorted shit.
It's funny, I turn to 'The Cosby Show' and Cockroach is pissed about math. He says why do I need to know the area of a circle and all that, and of course Cliff intervenes and says that he needs math, blah blah blah...
next week, is finals week. I feel pretty good about 75% of my classes. The other 25 is you-know-what. I may have to be taking that over in summer in order to transfer, or at least take that 'F' or 'D' away. However, if I cop a 'C' somehow, I am NOT taking it over...
I have decided to write a novel. It will be finished by the end of summer.
In Other News...
Has anyone else seen that commcercial for K-Y Jelly with warming action? Or was that just me...
You know, 2 old people I never get tired of seeing act are Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee.
Okay, the little line-through thing is gone, so it wont mess with ya'll... LOL
Man, I was at the post office, and I had a Steppin @ Club 7 flashback (for the chicago folk...) Why Dude walk in with the orange coogi shirt... and ORANGE GATORS...
If I think of other stuff throughout the day i'll put it down...
There may be some weird color combinations, so don't adjust your monitor lol
Also, I am adding a 'Greatest Hits' section, for the entries people may have missed that had some weight to em...
thas it for now...
More News at 4... lol
I think I am one of like 4 negroes that actually likes baseball.
I'm sitting here watching the SportsCenter Special about Sammy Sosa's corked bat.
They had someone who collects memorabilia(sp) cut open one of his previous bat to find out whether or not that bat was corked.
For those who dont know, corked bats (allegedly) help the ball jump off the bat better, to hit home runs. However, if you can't hit a baseball in the first place, no amount of cork (or superballs) is gonna help you hit more homers. According to this Yale physics professor, someone would be better off using a hollow bat than one stuffed with cork.
So, when Sammy gets caught with a corked bat, his whole 500+ home run career comes under scrutiny.
I don't think he uses corked bats, however. There was one year in which sammy had like 40 home runs by the beginning of August, but he broke his hand and couldn't finish the season. Bearing that and the fact that he has gotten more size on him in his career, it would not make sense for him to use a corked bat. I think he will survive this though.
In Other News...
Martha Stewart is in biiig trouble too. Indicted on 9 counts of fraud.
You know, the court of public opinion is a real bitch sometimes. I mean its funny that you can be on trial for murder and be found not guilty, yet people will not let you forget that you were on trial for murder, much less them thinking you still did it.
This is of course, assuming every one else is not guilty of something in their own lives... but let me quit and eat a few crunch berries...
For those who haven't figure it out yet, people call me Max.
Wanna See?
That's like my favorite pic...
And yes, my real name is Maximillian. But wait it gets worse.
My middle name is Augustus.
Until I turned 20, I always wondered what the hell my grandad was thinking when he picked Maximillian Augustus. Other kids had normal names, like michael [who is like God] or john [God is gracious] (Ironically, if I had been a girl I would have had a normal name. My grandmother picked Nicole. And we know how common THAT name is.. anywho... ). Still other kids had afrocentric names with meanings, like Rashid [guided by God] or Malik [king].
But Maximillian Augustus?
So I went into Walden books, since actually I was shopping for a baby name book for my aunt and uncle, since they were having my cousin Courtney [from the Court or Dweller by the Dark Stream]
Well considering that this is the ONLY thing my grandad left me with (he died when i was 5) I figured that I should find out what the hell he was on. My moms wouldn't tell me anything except that they used to have a dog named max right before I was born, and I was next in the house, so....
But, I looked in a few books and I found out:
Maximillian - a version of Maximilian, From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from Maximus, Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus "greatest"
Augustus - Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first Roman emperor.
So, in the right time, I could have been a Roman Emperor, lol.
Or just assassinated...
Find out what your name means.
But since I found that out, I felt a lot better about having a huge name like that.
In Other News:
Instead of writing this english paper, I have been watching the AFI list of heroes and villains.
No Shaft.
No Malcom X.
No Tony Montana.
Matter fact, the only black folk that made it were Alonzo from Training Day {#50 villain} and Mr. Tibbs (sidney poitier) from In The Heat of the Night {#19 hero}.
I can't be mad at the list too much though. The #1 villian was Hannibal Lechter, so really who can argue with that.
The #1 hero, However, was Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought it would be George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life, but he was in the top 10.
"The question remains.. which MC's will reign/ Which ones will gain how many suckers will feel pain" Gangstarr...
The question was asked by quite a few people in the last 24 hours...
Max, if you were not in California, where would you be?
Welp...
There is a good chance I would still be home in Chicago. However, that would have only lasted until I got mad at my family again for making me feel as though I am the only person to make a mistake...
There is another chance that I would be in Dallas. My other sister suggested I stay down there when I went to visit her. But, I said no, because I wanted to keep my word with someone, os instead of looking flaky I wanted to come thru for said person. Also, there was a powerfully Jazzy incentive to stay....
A third possiblity has me saying I would be in Atlanta. This place, I staked out. I did all the research I could on it. Had the flight plan all figured too (go to Georgia Perimiter a year or so, transfer somewhere like Clark or Ga. Southern and just do it like that). Plus since my other sister and her husband lived down that way I couldve crashed with them a week or 2 before getting settled...
A fourth says, scratch that, you could have stuck in out in Charlotte, NC. Yeah, sure... after my so called room in someone's phantom apartment in Greensboro, NC didn't come thru, I stayed in Charlotte for a week and a half, just to see if I could get something going there, but all hell broke loose and I panicked. Next thing you know I was on a Greyhound to L.A....
#5? Washington, DC - I know a few people in the DC area, and it would not have been a stretch to stay there either. Plus, at one point I REALLY wanted to go to Howard University....
A longshot would be NYC. This came after I got to Cali and got kicked out of my aunts house after like 3 weeks. So me and this other person were going to run away to NYC and have crazy dreams come thru for us. But my money ran out and so did her nerve, so that didn't happen...
So there you have it. 6 different places I would be if it were not for the curse of los angeles. I mean I guess its ok for the natives, and the people who's brain is messed up by the smog and think sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic at 9:30 pm is NORMAL, but I can't hang no more. If my stubborn-ass PO would let me just go, it would be all good...
In Other News...
I am not surprised by what BET does anymore.
Someone sent me a forward explaining how they held a jazz concert earlier this year in a slave castle in Ghana. I guess that would be akin to Jews holding Bar-Mitzvahs in those ovens Hitler used to exterminate them.
But like I said, no surprise, no shock, just a shake of the head and keep steppin.
Welp...
Today is June 1st. Summer doesn't start for another 3 weeks, I know. But I was just thinking about somethings this morning while watching NFL Europe football (see In Other News).
This was Supposed to be the Summer of Max. The last recorded Summer of Max was in 1999, and some of us know how that turned out. (Tennessee, Texas, Atlanta, North Carolina, California, etc etc..)
But yeah this summer I was to do summer school someplace actually cool, like New York. I was supposed to go here while I was in NYC to learn this shit, maybe learn how to make a beat or 2 to get through school. Or make a complete ass outta myself, LOL.
This was the summer I get off of Probation (which reminds me I have to report tomorrow) and can leave this God-forsaken state of California. I apologize to the natives and people too affected by the smog to think straight about how screwed this state really is. But I literally can't take much more of this.
This was supposed to be the summer I actually get into a good school, due to my stellar grades for once. But a certain thing called Intermediate Algebra threatens to destroy all that.
Now, this summer threatens to be spent half the time in an ice cream factory and the other half in a hot-ass classroom talking about turning fractions into decimals (*lookin @ Calvin*) and 'completing the square'. All the while spending my weekends cleaning up highways.
I'm kinda mad now, so I'm gonna go eat after this game. I'm just kinda sick of life kickin my ass and laffin like a childhood bully...
Bout to go COLUMBINE in this bitch!
(figuratively, of course :D)
In Other News...
Alternative football is not so bad.
There's NFL Europe and also Arena football.
Both of these seasons will be over this month. So will the NBA Finals.
Right now I'm watching the Rhein Fire play the Frankfurt Galaxy. Frankfurt is up 28-0. 4th quarter is starting and Rhein can get NOTHING going on offense.
Interleague Baseball starts this week, and I WAS looking forward to going to see the White Sox play the Dodgers, but the Dodgers are way too hot, and the Sox are way too cold, so F' it...
My mind may change later though...
Frankfurt just scored again (83 yd TD pass)... its 35-0.
30 game seconds later, Rhein got intercepted.
Ok I can leave now... lol
