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December 31, 2008 So here we are, the last day of 2008. I hope it was a good year for all those that read this blog and visit my porn sites. As I've told you it was a good one for me. Probably one of the best in years. I'm gonna be making changes in 2009 though. Change is good. Change keeps things from getting boring. When I think about change, I think back to when I was a senior in high school. See my last report card up on top. lol, I walked outta high school with a 1.8 GPA. That was combined from the 2 high schools that I attended. One private and one public. Some of yall probably gasp at all the bad marks. But at least I was well behaved in class lol and I had a ball outside of class. I wouldn't go back to change anything even if I could. Most of the time I would skip part of my first hour class, drive my first car, a burgundy mustang over to the broad of the weeks house at about 6am. The time when their parents would have just left for work in the morning. We'd be fucking and doing all kinds of shit until we had to be to class at 9am. There were a few girls that lived in the burbs but went to "good" Detroit Public high school and didn't even have to be in class until noon. When I fucked with them, I would just take a half day off. lol. It seems I'd always end up sneaking into class with like 15 minutes left though. One teacher finally got fed up with me(I was such an asshole) that I actually think dude wanted to fight me. but it didn't matter cause I knew how to do just enough to pass his test. By the time Christmas break had come. It was time to make plans for the next school year. At 17, I almost decided that I was gonna join army(thank God I didn't). I had been a huge G.I. Joe geek and I figured it would be just like the cartoon lol. It would definitely be better than staying home and attending classes at Oakland Community College. Most of the cats I hung with just needed to get their high school diploma cause they already had the hook-up to get real good jobs at one of the Big 3 plants. Their parents and grandparents were already there and had pull(the good ol' days). And all of a sudden I started seeing other students get their college acceptance letters and even scholarships to places like Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Howard University, Eastern Michigan University, Georgia Tech University, Morehouse, Clark, Florida A&M. Back then 97% of the students at my school went on to a 4 year college(It was named a national exemplery school in the early 90's. And the other high school I went to was no doubt one of the top 5 in the country). I started to get a lil jealous. Those mothafuckas had worked hard all through high school and probably since grade school. Everybody was about to be going away to bigger and better things. My ass was just going through the motions. I was setting myself up to be that 19 year old dude still going back to his old high school to hang out. You know, the one living at home, with a part time job at mcdonalds in the daytime and classes at night. I had to do something and I had to do it fast. I hit the library and searched out the university in Michigan with the lowest requirements for entry and got dammit, I got up into that bitch. I headed up to the boondocks of Michigan where no one from my high school ended up. I was there with people from places like Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Muskegon, Flint, Saginaw and Indiana. I framed my final High School report card and put that joint on the wall in my dorm room. Everyday I looked at it with pride. Before I studied, before I took a test, before a broad came over to spend the night, before I went to bed I gazed at that card. Yeah, I was proud of my youth. I feel ever more pride now. Hell, that card was the product of a lot of skipped boring classes and many, many young, hot underage high school pussy that I'd get locked up for hitting now in my 30's lol. But I knew at 18 years old, I was now a man and I had to change. That change came fast. It came because I WANTED it. My first report card in college was all A's..4.0. I made the deans list. Just 9 months prior I had a 0.78. A year later I had an A.A. degree. I left Big Rapids and took a year off to see America. After seeing how fucked up things were in places like NYC and L.A., I ran my 19 year old ass back to Michigan where it was safe and started working on my B.A. which I'd get from the University of Michigan just 2 and a half years later. But anywayz, what's my point of telling you this story? Well tommorrow is 2009 and no matter who you are, what you're facing, you can turn over a new leaf. 6 months from now, you could be living a completely different life. This time next year, you might be where you wanna be in life. I guarantee you'll see a change in me(although I do say that every year lol) and it's gonna come quick So keep reading. I'm PREDICTING that this time next year you're gonna be looking back and saying Wow! 2 years from now, you'll be thinking Got damn, John "Worldwide" Juan wasn't playing. Tommorow afternoon, after the hangover I'll hit yall with my New Years Resolutions. December 30, 2008 too Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...I brought in 2008 in Times Square. In 2007 I was in Long Beach at a DJ Quik concert. In 2006 I was sick like a dog and stayed in the bed watching Dick Clarks Rockin' EVE. 2005 was opened up down in Miami...I was gonna goto Tijuana for this year, but then I thought about hittin' up Vegas for New Years eve. After really thinking about it though, I already made reservations for the Adult Expo(AVN) and finally after a few years of trying, the Consumer Electronics Show(CES) a week later so I ain't really trying to be in Vegas for 2 weekends in a row. And shit, there's so much shit poppin' here in L.A. I'll probably just start sippin' something at the crib and then make my way out into the streets. December 30, 2008 I was out all mothafuckin' day. One thing I was not gonna do is "Anything" on New Years Eve. I mean I don't even wanna leave the crib until evening tmmrw. Then I guess I'll just go until I fall out sometime on New Years Day and wake up to the bowl games. I made myself out to the valley today. That's really something for me, cause I rarely venture outside of the Long Beach area when I'm out here. I did a lil shopping on Victory Blvd. lol, not a bad mall. I still prefer the hood shops and swap meets though. December 29, 2008 Now, I know yall gonna say "thats crazy", but when I was passing through Oak Park and shot the first photo of the blog this month, I had a real strange feeling when I was in that area. and Guess what it's the area where the Oak PArk Police officer was shot yesterday. I'm sitting in L.A. right now surfing the net and saw it. The shit made national news. I told yall that area has definitely changed over the years. it was the first officer killed in the line of duty in Oak Park since 1973. Before I was born. Well, I wish the family of the deceased officer my sympathy and prayers. I have never had a problem with an Oak Park cop, judge or mayor. As a matter of fact, there have been numerous instances where they've let a brotha slide. Nothing but love for that place. I just really think things are gonna get a lot worse in the Detroit Metro area. Mothafuckas are too stressed out. I'm temporarily gone cause that place feels like a pressure cooker right now. If you stay under pressure too long you're gonna snap. People losing there homes, jobs, money. I'm telling yall. It's bad all over the U.S. right now, but its worse in Detroit than everywhere else. Nothing justifys what the accused did. if he actually did do it. But you can only imagine what triggered the shit. I'm thinking stress in his household, family problems, baby mama drama. who knows. December 28, 2008 0-16 And yes, I'm still rocking my mothafuckin' Lions cap. I had it on the first post of this year while in NYC, and I've got it on now in L.A. When mothafuckas walk up to me pointing and laughing, I just tell them wait until next year. I'm not anywhere near a fairweather fan. I also tell mothafuckas that Detroit has the Pistons, Redwings, Tigers and shock too. All winning teams. How many winning teams does your city have. they shut up then. As they're walking away I also tell what other city has logos and team colors as tight as Detroit...none. On a side note though, I may try to slide down to Qualcomm stadium to see the Chargers play the Colts(if the ticket prices aren't crazy). I've never been to an NFL playoff game :( December 27, 2008 Man I tell yall. It still fucks me up when I see that 460 metro bus going to Disneyland. Kids here don't pay it any mind. The DOT and Smart buses I saw growing up only took a mothafucka to one of the ghetto malls. Eastland, Fairlane or northland. lol. December 26, 2008 Believe it or not, I actually thought about it for a minute when my homegirl asked me to stay until after new years eve. My ass was even on ticketmaster.com about to buy tickets to go see the Championship of Comedy at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, but the winter storms that hit a few days ago changed that thought real fast. Look at that nasty shit. hahaha, I didn't leave by the first snow like I wanted to, but when the first snow storm came I packed up my shit and ran. To be honest wit yall, it's gonna be reeeeeal difficult to go back east to be in D.C. for the inauguration in about 3 weeks. But, I will. I'm not trying to miss out on history. Obviously I wasn't gonna pay $700 a night for a room though(that's about what my entire week stay in the Bahamas is costing me in march), so if any of yall readers know a nice spot for a brotha and a few guest in the D.C. area, HOLLA! December 26, 2008 too The above photo is a snapshot I took back in june 2006. a week earlier I had been escorted out the building of my employer, had left Michigan and was driving cross country. Now In December 2008, I've left on my own terms. Although it felt good exactly 2 and a half years ago when I created this blog, it feels much better now. I left winter storms and I'm out here in the sun and 60 degree weather. I love it! The recession, crime, bad weather, boredom and really just my gut feelings is why I left Detroit today. One thing I've learned though, as much as you plan shit out in life, things never actually happen like you plan it. I had planned on leaving late November. I had also been planning going back(I WAS still trying to keep a grip on my goal of hitting 10 years at my 9 to 5). But in all honesty, focusing on that is probably doing me more bad than good. Yall wouldn't believe the opportunities I've passed up just to hold on to that played out gig lol. It hasn't been about the money for years now so I'm really gonna just have to weigh my options over the next few weeks. See with me, working is something I just can't quit cold turkey. It's like a safety net and I have a phobia of walking the high ropes without it. So you might say I'm weening myself off of it. Hell, fall 1999 to spring 2009 ain't a bad run. Even if I do wanna go back, I might not get the chance with the way the U.S. automobile industry is going right now. I can't tell you how many people I personally know have been laid off because they were just not needed anymore. Ford, GM and Chrysler are all icons and whatever happens to the companys, I'm just happy to have been a part of it for a little bit over 9 years. the past 24 months in the office has of course been HELL though. My nightmare(see July 24, 2006) come true. Then go back and read my first entry into this blog. Everything I said way back in 2006 was 100% true. I didn't have to go back to work for anyone else again, but as I told yall in March 2007 I did it for the backpay money I thought I was gonna get. Then originally, I stayed because I thought I would get offered a buyout. None of that shit happened. PLUS I'ma tell yall now that I also went back because I was so mothafuckin' pissed off that I had gotten booted out. Believe it or not, it had to have been the biggest diss to me, ever. I felt like I had "Loss". And I told yall last entry how I hate to lose. Immediately after it happened, I wrote down exactly what I was feeling. It'll be in the book that I publish one day along with all the photos I gathered from the corporate newsletters that were given out over the years. Every single member of management that I had problems with were in there. I'll just have to change some names around to avoid lawsuits. On December 5th, I was actually in a training class given by the broad that had suspended me in 2003 for going to court and I swear she was trying to stir shit up again. I guess she thinks cause I'm still bitter, I don't have no self control and was gonna wild out or something(if that was the case I would have done or had shit done before 2008). But naw, I just sat in class, did what I was suppose to do with a big fat smile on my face. When I knew an email from her informing me that I was gonna have take a mandatory training class, I got harrassed because I wouldn't return my acceptance to her. Click here to see the email that I sent to her and my then current supervisor whom is a great woman that I DO RESPECT. And dig this...During the class, she runs to H.R. and complains that I wasn't listening to her. Nothing came out of it. But really, what was the point of doing that shit? I have a few theories of why "that woman" and a few others have been riding me for the last 5 years. 1)They have deep rooted problems with ambitious men like myself. 2)My appearance on The Judge Mathis Show. I figure these bitches have probably had some serious relationship problems in the past. Baby Daddy drama. I'm thinking they had they ass "kicked out" for another woman and were taking those frustrations out on me because I was looking like the bad guy. Me and the woman that took me on the show were just young drama addicts. She was 20 and I was 24 at the time. We squashed all or our beefs years ago and laugh about it now(I'm actually emailing this entry to her, she'll get a kick out of it). or 3)my porn sites. I keep thinking maybe I've featured one of their relatives or friends. 4)Maybe they think I'm just an insane, immoral, disrectful mothafucka. Whatever the case may be, to those that "tried" to keep me down, GAME OVER! You lose. And everytime you click on this blog(cause I know you do, I've seen your IP address) and see my fat ass smiling at you, I win again. You won't see anything else about you from me until my book comes out. Back in 2006, I was trying to do a step by step video account of my migration outta Detroit. I had stocked up on porn content because I really wasn't 100% sure what city I was gonna goto. Didn't know If I would be able to find enough bitches to keep my porn sites going. The last broad I shot in Detroit had focused the camera on me after I had finished doing a scene with her. I still wasn't quite sure where I was gonna go yet. I just knew I wanted to be where it's warm all year. The next morning, I was on my way. Going westward, the only thing I managed to get was me in the Utah desert and me rolling through colorado. I wanted to film more but I was rollin' with warrants on me and I knew that if I fucked around taking pictures and video before I got out west, there was the chance that I would look suspicious and any police that ran my suspended license would have locked me up, impounded my ride and Michigan officers would most likely come to pick me up. Anywayz, You've never seen the below video before, so I figured right now would be a good time to post it up since I feel like I'm resuming where I left off in 2006. December 26, 2008 part three So I only bought myself just 1 christmas present this year. A Sony PlayStation 3(I wanted BluRay player so I figured might as well get a game system too). Before the holiday, I caught what I think was a steal. A 60 inch Misubishi screen for $1000. So I'm real good now. But fuck, the weather is too nice for me to be sitting inside watching TV. I've always been a closet Batman geek, so the dark knight movie was the first blu Ray disc I purchased. Ironically the original Batman movie was the first movie at the theatres that I went to without an adult. Hell, I even got the complete set of the trading cards in storage here in L.A.(I need to find out how much they're worth). Me and some childhood friends actually walked from my house which was a stones throw away from the theatre. Oak Park baby! Of course we had to see what was at the time the most anticipated movie of the summer on opening day. See the almost 20 year old chidrens ticket stub up above(I keep tellin' yall I'm a pack rat. I've kept everything I've ever had). The Americana theatres(it could probably be a blog entry all by itself) was a notorious movie theatre in the Detroit area. I can remember as a little boy watchig breaking news stories of mothafuckas getting shot at that place. They always had the hot shit popping off there though. You were able to catch the big fights on the screens. Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler live from Vegas or wherever they fought. lol. There was just always bad shit happening there in the 80's though. I remember the big uproar that happen when they installed metal detectors. That shit was unheard of for a movie complex back then. They then sectioned off the parking lot, so you couldn't drive directly up to the doors. In its last days, it was a mess. Anywayz, I think they shut that joint down 18 years ago or so. I'm almost certain that Boyz in the Hood in 1990 was the final flick that I caught there. Oh yeah, as you can see below I'm not just a Batman fan though. December 22, 2008 Good luck brotha. Yeah, I haven't talked to this cat since June. about 2 months before the FBI swooped in on him at his place in Harlem. In June he had said he was coming to the "D", to kick it for a few days cause he had never been to Motown. I swear to God, I told him "No disrespect, but With the crazy shit you've been doing on the internet lately, I'm not trying to be anywhere near you. The letter boys are gonna come tapping you on the shoulders any second now". I'm sure all of our phone conversations and text have been combed through by the feds. There were times when I heard clicking on my line and figured I was being watched. Trashman was doing way too much for shock value. My links were on his websites and I'm telling yall, I was getting triple the traffic that I was accustomed to. If you notice around that time, I had went to NY during the AllStar game, then Miami, then L.A. all in the same month. The money was flowing in like water. I think one day this site which is just my play thing had 5 times the normal amount of hits. I told trashman that he was crossing the very fine line of freedom of speech and what could be considered as threats in this post 9/11 world. He got mad at me said, "It's only entertainment, I'm just trying to get internet traffic and make money. If you didn't have a 9 to 5, you'd be on the grind just like me." He then said, "So you see what I'm doing is working right? When I hit it REAL BIG, you don't wanna come along?" I said, "Naw man, I'ma get there too, but I'm not going there the way you're going." I also said, "You're a good dude, DO YOU." I haven't heard from him since. I sent him a text right before I went to L.A. erotica in june but he never responded. Shit, when I did my live shots from NYC in july, we were in the same spots around Yankee Stadium but still no holla. Now, I've always been the type of dude that speaks his mind. Ask Anyone that knows me. If you have a problem with me and what I have to say, the best thing you can do is to not call me. As a matter of fact, just break off contact with me. Your loss, not mine. You however do not wanna start trying to diss me or any other sly shit behind my back, because I will retaliate. Not to sound concieted, but "I'm the shit, always have been and always will be." I figured Trashman didn't like what I was saying, so he broke off contact. I was cool with it and I considered me and him to still be cool. He never spewed any hate my way or anything like that. Trashman ain't crazy, he's a good dude that just got caught up in the exhiliration of getting attention. I personally can tell you that it's a natural high certain people can get when the whole world is watching them. But you gotta practice self control. I say a lot of shit, put a lot of my shit online cause I'm proud of myself. I do however always have to seriously proof read what I say to make sure I'm not breaking any laws or that I'm not putting anyone that I personally know out there. But I love to broadcast ME, lol. I get thrilled when at the mall or somewhere else in public(it's happened so many times) and someone walks up to and says, "Aren't you.....". Theres never been any shame in my game. On August 1st, Trashman was on most news services in the entire world. FOX and NBC had his story on the local Television news in Detroit. I was like, "Daaaaaaaamn". Over the last 4 months, I haven't even been able to sign on the computer without someone MSGing me asking about Trashman. I would always say, "I don't know, haven't talked to him." I didn't even bring him up before now because I didn't want my bad image to somehow influence court procedings. I wasn't gonna front like we had still been in contact with each other. And I won't visit dude, cause whether I like it or not it would be on some ol' "See, I told you" type shit. I wish him well. As I said in my previous entry. If all the evidence is stacked against you and you're offered a plea. TAKE IT! Trashman got the best deal he could have gotten. He wasn't gonna walk out of federal court with just a slap on the risk. What he did was illegal and morally wrong in so many ways. Instead of 10 calenders, he's only looking at a maximum of 27 months(7 will have been served by the time of his sentencing). So fall 2010. I'm sure he'll read this eventually and if he feels like hollerin' he will. I'm sure he'll do a podcast when released if the courts don't restrict him from internet access. Click here to listen to one of the last conversations between myself and Trashman Below: The arrest story and a few of the msg's I rcvd December 4, 2008 And just like that....gone. I put off cutting them for as long as I could. 30 days from the day I said I would. Now, let me tell yall why. See, I'm bouncing from Michigan any day now and I had one little, but big thing that I had to do before I leave. My attorney advised me that in order for me to get a few things expunged, it would be in my best interest to put on a suit and snip my hair. Now, I really never tripped about the high speed chase that I took the Detroit Police, Wayne State University police and the Michigan State police on, but I'm the type of nigga that just has to win. And by me getting the shit expunged makes me the winner. I don't think I could be happy with letting a mothafucka have an advantage over me if I can prevent he or she from having it. I probably won't(never say never..more on this later in the month) ever need to apply for a job or anything, but I like to keep all opportunities available to me. I won't even tell yall exactly what I did 5 years ago, but putting the pedal to the floor and doing over 100 miles an hour down I-75 gives a brotha a lot of time to throw out the shit that could possibly get him a decade in the pen. Cop cars can't outrun a mustang(Man, talk about an adrenaline rush), but when they get your license plate, they can always find you later. There ain't shit wrong with copping a plea when there's evidence against you. It's certainly better than being Bubbas bitch in lockup. No one should ever wanna goto prison. I know I don't ever wanna see what it's like(fuck what your favorite hip hop artist says about it). Ask the ex Mayor of Detroit, and his side chick. So yeah the least I could do after giving my Jewish lawyer a few grand is to follow his advice. The rules differ from state to state but any of you cats out there reading this now and have some shit on your record that's keeping you from becoming employed. research expungements in your state and read the instuctions on filing the paperwork or better yet, just get you a good lawyer to handle everything for you. In most cases, you'll have to go in front of a board that will review your shit. You know, kinda like parole board. They'll either grant it to you or they won't. I'll see yall next update from the west coast. I'll be working on my porn sites until then, so make sure you check them out and ORDER soda from ILOVESODA.com December 3, 2008 too I was downtown Detroit last night just before sunset and it looks beautiful. The Christmas tree is lit, the ice for the rink is frozen and full of skaters. The snapshot I took has been one of my favorite spots since the area was redone. You're coming from off Jefferson, and you turned right onto woodward. At that point when you see the beautiful buildings, sculptures, eaterys. You get the feeling that you're entering into an incredible city. Then just a few minutes later, after you pass by Comerica Park, Ford Field and the Fox, you realize things ain't what they seemed. You're in the hood. lol, No seriously though. I have always said you have to build up the Downtown area first and then let that wealth flow through out the city. December 3, 2008 So yeah, before the 9 to 5, I stopped at the store and picked up a pepsi and my daily Coney Island restaraunt breakfast(a mixed meat omelet and french fries). The big difference today though is the pepsi. I'm not sure if this is a new permanent look, a holiday design or what. I buy my soda from the hood, so Habib might have been serving me old bottles before now. Buuuut, the logo is even different. See this is how I mistaked that soda from El Salvador for pepsi back in 2006. Pepsi has been kinda in a flux for a minute now. Over the last few years, They've had a bunch of mothafuckas making different designs for them and shit. *Okay, I just googled "new pepsi logo" and it shows that all pepsi products indeed have been changed. December 2, 2008 Okay, so yesterday, I make it home from the 9 to 5, kick off my shoes, flip it onto Channel 4 to watch the news(They got the finest black anchor women in Detroit). I swear to God I once had a dream that I was the anchorman while Rhonda Walker and Ama Daetz(saw her at the mall..ass for days, it put me in a daze) were my co-anchors, they began fighting and started ripping each others clothes off but thats not what this post is about. I just wanted to do a "I told ya so!" with that McDonalds/Nicky D entry that I made on (click it)October 29, 2008. I'm not the smartest nigga on the planet, but I know a little something, something...how to stay away from lawsuits. Mcdonalds is about to chew the Chaldean owner of that Coney Island and spit him out. He's on TV joking and shit on the video I posted above. I can read dudes mind, he's thinking the publicity is good. But don't get it twisted yall, all publicity ain't good publicity. You best believe that Mcdonalds lawyers are watching that clip too and the owner better hope Mcdonalds corporation just makes him change his joints name and not try to get some type of monetary award. December 1, 2008 too Yep, This is my first apartment. I took some shots of it today, because I wasn't a picture taker when I lived there over a decade ago. It seemed so old when I lived there, so there ain't No telling how much longer it'll be standing. Never the less, it was my first "place" So it'll aways be special. Anybody that lives in the Detroit area knows exactly where it is lol. It was the late 90's and I was Fresh outta college with a B.A. in my hand. I was looking for the cheapest place I could find. I landed a decent paying job, and to be quite honest, All I wanted was a spot to lay my head at night(or should I say a place to get laid). I wanted to keep my expenses as low as possible so I could blow a lot of cash. I did. I hit all the hottest restraunts, comedy clubs and strip joints in the city. and Man, I'm tellin' yall, I had a revolving door up in that joint. One hoodrat would leave and then the next would come in. It was my first time living in the city and I was in paradise. I managed to get a king size waterbed up in there, mirrors everywhere. My room definitely looked like it didn't belong in that building. Strangely after living there for a month, I realized that a bitch that I had been in class with during my first year of college was living right next to me in that building. That was some wierd shit. I found out that she was bi-sexual and next thing I knew she had a key to my room. We had this little thing worked out where she'd go to a club, meet a girl, bring her to my room to do, page me with the details and I'd intentionally walk in on them and pretend to be upset. My ex-classmate would walk over to me to "make things better" and....it was the perfect way to set up a 3some. Man, I had good times there. Well worth the measely $350 a month for rent in 1998. I only stayed there for 6 months and then I had let a broad talk me into leaving the city going deep into suburbia with her...eventually after about 3 years though I ended up back in the city(couldn't stay away)...the last apartment I ever rented was in 2005. It was a nice lil hideout, safe with plenty of space and most important I had a hook-up on the rent. Those are the views below. First from inside my bedroom, looking at my cars and then the view as I stepped out of the building. If you saw my 2008 Thanksgiving Day entry, you'll notice that I use to live right behind the parade. I was living well below my means, saving and living well. I will say this though, There ain't no way in hell I would live in those spots at 30 plus. But let it be known that I had a good time as a brotha in his 20's. Tricked off so much money. Unfortunately I'm not gonna show yall just how I've come up since 2005. I don't want any visitors lol. But rest assured, after a couple more moves, I'll be showing you where I was from 2006 to 2008. December 1, 2008 Michigan, not Illinois. Google it. You'll see that it's a suburb of Detroit, beginning on 8 mile road and going to 11 mile road North and South. And from Greenfield Road to Livernois(or is it Pinecrest fuck it..the 7-11 and Taco bell) east and west. I've been feeling kinda nostalgic since Thanksgiving. I feel like I'm at a point in life where things are right on track. I'm not pregnant, lol but over the last week, I've felt like I'm glowing. I'm accomplishing all the goals that I've set for myself and I can't wait to close out this year and enter the next. Shit, this is December and looking back I had a good mothafuckin' year but the things I've got planned form 2009(starting next month) are even better. I can't remember the last time I had such great outlook on things. It was probably back in 2003, right before the management at my 9 to 5 stomped out my enthusiasm of being in the corporate world. I wonder how all those bitches are feeling this holiday season. Of course I haven't made my million dollars that I swore to have sitting untouched in the bank collecting interest by the age of 30(I'll have it by 35 now) My finances ARE good though, my health is good and I can happily say the same for everyone in my circle(wealth and health). I decided to roll through my old neighborhood the other day and I tell yall, the memories are wonderful. You might say, WTF, but yo, life is just good. As unimportant I may seem to you(but you are reading it, lol), I'm just a real proud cat that enjoys lifes journey. It kinda feels like a blessing to be so free and secure with my identity, that I can Show and tell anything and everything about myself. I'm glad I have this stage to do it. From birth up until the summer before I began high school, OP is where I lived. I took swimming lessons as a toddler there, took karate lessons there, was a boy scout there, went to day camp in the summers at David Sheppard Park there, played little league baseball, flag football, baskeball and hockey(yes, hockey) there. I went to pre-school thru the 8th grade there. So yeah, Oak Park is where I became me(pornographer and all, lol). And I gotta say, I had a real good time becoming myself. Being born in the 70's, growing up in the eighties was awesome. Shit ain't the same for yall youngsters nowadays. The city of Oak Park couldn't have given me a more diverse childhood. My classes were filled with blacks, jews, whites, Asians and Chaldeans(Christian Iraqis). we all got along with each other, even though just 20 years prior there were race riots. Of course NOW 20 years after I moved away, the classes in the Oak Park School District are filled with just little black boys and girls. Which is okay. Shit, just about the whole city is black now. In case yall didn't know the Detroit area is the most segregated area in the country. Definitely a bad thing. When blacks like myself move in, everyone else moves out. Everytime I pass by my childhood home, I can't help from smiling. I'm a lucky dude. Even If I could, I wouldn't change a thing about way I came up. I would however, pay more attention to the people I knew. But I guess I was just too young. Just one example...I would love to be able to sit down and talk with my nextdoor neighbors. Of course They're long dead now(I think they'd be in their mid 90's), but they were concentration camp survivors. I can remember the old woman showing me her tattoo that the nazis had given her in the camp. I paid very little attention. If only I could have been a little older to really get the knowledge from them. I wanna kick myself for not taking the time to leave Tecmo Bowl and Super Mario Bros 2 alone to kick it with them. Shit, I couldn't even tell you what country they were from. I'm sure they told me, but my mind was too focused on trying to be in the house to watch Yo MTV raps. Now in 2008, I'm a huge history fan, and I started thinking about them just this morning when I was watching the preview to the new Tom Cruise movie. My neighbors were the nicest people, he was a retired business owner(couldn't even tell you what he did), she had been a housewife all her life. Their grown kids had moved to Colorado but would come back to visit every winter. They were the first owners of their home. Had been there since the 50's big boom in surburban America. Previously November October September August July June May April March February January 2007 2006 ©2008 Foul Fowl Entertainment powered by: