Southern Gentleman

I ain't gonna bore y'all with the meaningless randoms this time around so instead i thought id drop off some visual euphoria's. hope y'all like em

you can go to my photo stream below if you want for the larger prints to see em
in better detail

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tre305/

-Fin

Peace

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Finally got my damn W-2 today so i can go ahead and file my income tax and try and get a new whip. well actually i had to call up my jobs human resources and ask about it, lady said they were mailing em out this week and i should have it no later than next week but right before i hung up she told me i could go on our employees website and print a copy out from there and BAM!, got that shit sitting on top of the printer right damn now. since ionno what time I'm getting off tomorrow and my cousin is off, he gonna go down to the dude and do mines and his at the same time.

I know i been saying with this money ima try to get a new whip but now I'm really re-thinking it....its been almost 10 years now since my old dog died and ever since then i been really wanting another one, and ionno. but ionno when id be able to try and get another one and this could be a good time, i mean as far as adopting one. i always said i wanted two, something like a German Shepperd or Akita Inu...a breed that's large and got some bite to em (any dog can bark lol). I'm a huge dog person and it would be pretty dope coming home to em everyday and well they do say a dog is a mans best friend, but ill see.

Other than that, i guess i can say its another end to another long work week, shit pay day, even a bigger pay day since ill find out how much ima be getting back, plus two days to bullshit around. cant get much better than that. plus i got some up coming plans i hope go thru over the next few months. so yeah...life is good at the moment

And man i swear i been blasting this "stronger" by kanye all damn week at work, shit makes time go by so much faster plus....ionno...but i feel like I'm on some superman shit the way i be man-handling them packages (sorry in advanced if ya shit get delivered damaged, it probably wasn't me anyway) but yeah, this song just gets me in the zone like a mug.

Well, i think that's about it for now, ima go get into something, somewhere.....

-Fin

Peace

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I been wanting to do this blog for a while but never got around to it, forgot about it, and didn't know how to get it just right but i think ill do it now.

So at first glance of this pic, you'd probably say its just a black and white shot of a chair, love seat i guess. well its kinda more than that to me. i kinda see it as a part of the past I'm still holding on to. it was actually apart of the living room and dinning room set my grandma got way back when, and i got in plenty of trouble over that chair...as far as spinning around and around in it. but anyway, my moms decided to get rid of it a few months back and at first i objected to it, because well, i guess you can say it had sentimental values to me and didn't wanna let it go. needless to say its gone now and i see walk by the same spot it used to sit and just reminisce.

But maybe it's just me, certain things i still hold on to b/c i get comfort from em, weather it be mentally or physically. matter fact, i got a box right now my grandma kept that got all kinda cold coins she collected and stuff.

Ehh....sometimes its just hard to let go.

Other than that, first day of the week has been pretty good thus far, they got me coming in later and later at work, i think they tryna cut my hrs but i always end up getting em in anyway at the end from all the work i gotta finish processing.

Meh, i think that's about it for right now

-Fin

Peace.

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Good Morning to anybody who's happening to be reading this. unlike my last entry which was pretty much just some random ass thoughts, i probably got some stuff to talk about in this one.

its about 3 minutes til 8 and i should be in church right not ushering, but the thing is, since we done moved into this mega church around the corner, i ain't even too sure if the pastor is doing just one or two services, but from what I'm hearing its two. and seeing as most folks tend to go to the 7:30 service to get it out the way, I'm glad i just woke up. so ill be ushering at the 11:00 service, hopefully it wont be too crowed, but the only perk is, afterwards our male usher board is having our yearly outing to red lobster, ionno what ima get since i think i done developed an allergic reaction to shrimp, but i know damn well ima get some of them crab cakes and some kinda alcoholic beverage.

Other than that, its been an OK weekend, i went out to a few places yesterday, got a shave, finally went and got me a new computer chair, went and got my mama a front plate for her BMW and a model number key chain which she was hella surprised of b/c she didn't even tell anyone that's what she wanted, i guess i just got lucky and picked out the right one eh?

Tried to go to borders that i been talking about all week long but they parking lot so got damn small and the shit was so got damn packed like they was giving away something, so i said forget it and went for a lil drive instead, snapped a few pics ill post up at the bottom for y'all to see.

ended the day by going over to my aunts house and looking at some old pictures my other aunt had brought over since she was cleaning out my uncles (passed on) stuff. it was a bunch of old pics of him when he was younger, my other aunts and cousins, even my great grandma and grandpa, it was interesting seeing them b/c my great grandpa passed on Jan. 11Th. '85.....11 months before i was born, forgot when my great grandma passed on but i have a pretty good vivid memory of her.

Its funny how my mama can remember all the dates when they all passed on, like its nothing, but the only person i can remember is my uncle, i guess its b/c they passed on when i was much younger, hell i mean i was the last person to see my grandpa alive, and i guess pretty much watched him die in front of me, got to see my grandma one more time before she was gone, saw my aunt one more time before i headed off to school, but something told me she'd be gone when i got back that afternoon, which she was. ionno. i need to mark them dates down for my own reference.

But moving on from that, as i was leaving to head back home, tell me why a big argument broke out over dark meat vs white meat (chicken) my cousin was saying that the breast is white meat and drumsticks and thighs are dark meat, but my aunt was arguing the difference. lol i had a good laugh over it b/c only in my family can some shit like that go down.

On a bad note, and i hate to leave on a bad note...well it ain't really one, but it seems the HD receiver in the TV room ain't working, well its working but its having trouble picking up the signal from the dish outside, funny thing is, the other 3 TVs in here working just fine, so i guess the flat screen is outta commission for a while, or until directv comes out here and fixes it, funny that they'll chair 50 bucks to probably replace a cord i could have done myself, but bah.

Oh yeah, i finally finished watching all 5 seasons of the wire, shit i might watch em again....one day, but i guess ima just pop open the family guy collection and watch that for a while now.

Oh shit, BIG ASS NEWS. found out yesterday that my cousin and her husband and kids are coming down here in April for spring break, mannnnnnnn you have no idea how long i been waiting on this, i love them kids to death and they all ain't been down here in at least 4 years now. so i cant wait for em to touch down. i might not be on the computer at all for that week.

But yeah, that's about it for now, think ima go lay back down til about a quarter to 10, then get up and start getting ready.

-Fin

Peace

Ionno what it is about shooting in black and white but it tends to give your shots
a little more emotion so i think ima stick to this mode for a while.

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- Congrats to Obama

- that blue mountain dew

- i think we're "taking it there"

- all this shit they got me learning at work and getting certified for
i better be getting some certified pay....shit.

- i been feeling real uninspired with this camera as of lately, time to take a lil trip this weekend
and hit up borders on the way

- ill probably do a picture blog sooner or later for the few shots i have taken lately

- Insomnia is still a bitch, but that big box meal from KFC is the truth

- I'm hungry

- they need to give out them got damn W-2's already at work

- I'm hungry

- shout out to whoever is reading this shit

- I'm almost done watching the 5Th season of the wire, guess ill start the family gut saga next
or get back into playing the 360...still ain't opened COD5 since i got it from game fly

- TV just seems so more interesting in HD

hell that's about it for now

-Fin

Peace

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So I'm sitting up here, cant get back to sleep, ain't too long got off the phone with my sis and a friend, she was kinda disappointed in the biggie movie, i mean i knew they put way too much hype around that movie and already knew what the outcome would be, i might still bootleg it whenever a good copy of it hits the net.

Today they had the MLK parade right up the street from me, i can literally hear the bands when i walk outside. but i woke up kinda late and missed it, like i did last year and the year before last and so on. this thing just ain't been the same in quite sometime, i remember it used to be maybe 4 or 5 hrs long, starting at like 8:30 and ending at damn near noon, FAMU and BCC coming down and showing out and hell the highlight of the parade was the very end with the junkanoos (y'all islanders will know what I'm talking about with that). they would pull people from the sidewalks to dance with em and man when you hear them drums and whistles you already knew what time it was.

i miss that shit man, not its only like maybe 3 and a half hrs, don't even think FAMU or BBC comes thru anymore and the junkanoo line is so damn short that it ain't even worth it. plus lately when its over, everybody goes to the park but with niggas wanting to fight and shit, they pull out and start shooting, man it just ain't worth the lil 5 minute walk anymore, and i already know the one in the city on Monday ain't gonna be no better.

but shit, ain't really much else to it, ima see if i can go back to sleep, or go eat some pork skins and drink a vitamin water and watch the wire, ionno man.

-Fin

Peace

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Cool, Chill, Calm, Collected......probably b/c its in the mid 60s outside right now with a lil wind, but theres another reason, and all ill say on this is...thanks Paris for the hook up lol.

had to switch up the song to a throwback b/c well stemming from a blog from my boy Davon, about dreams and stuff, this song stuck out to me all b/c of one simple line that I'm gonna start using day to day to push myself. and that line is "remember you dream is your only scheme...so keep on pushing" alot of truth behind that line right there, and nowadays it seems that's all you have really to do what you want to do. if yeen got a dream, then i guess you'd be living in a nightmare eh?

Other than that, its been an alright week thus far, went over my aunt house yesterday to celebrate her birthday....73 yrs old, ain't god good?. i swear man anytime my folks get together its a whole lotta shit talking and you can damn near hear it half way down the block, even from inside the house, but i love em.

One thing i don't love, or rather dislike, is when they start talking about dreams they've had about passed loved ones, like last night for example, my mama said she had a dream about her mama (my grandma) and it was dealing with playing numbers (gambling). once she said her story, my uncle joined in with one, then my aunt, and so on and so on, now i know they just holding a conversation but with me, and still tryna deal with death, i really don't like to hear about that kinda stuff.

I mean I've had dreams about my grandma and grandpa before, but what hit me was what my uncle said....something along the lines of...when you do dream about a passed loved one, it means that they're standing right over you as you dream. now i don't really believe in all that super natural yada yada mess but i mean, if there is any truth to that statement, then it kinda gives me chills, yet makes me smile a bit, knowing that they're still here in a way.

Ionno tho, its weird. and ion really got anything else to talk about lol, like that's new. glad tomorrow is Friday, i got a few nick nacks i wanna look into if my money is looking right.

-Fin

Peace

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Damn negro, quit blogging so damn often. at least until you got something with some substance to speak on. i mean most of my entries tend to be just rambles, pretty much like what this one is gonna be but i just feel like getting shit off my chest sometimes no matter how small and to the people who take the time out to read em, i feel like it serves its purpose.

But yeah, church yesterday was cool, had a full house, but if they really think we gonna be ushering erry Sunday they got us fucked up. and with all them people complaining about the stairs and where to sit and all of that, id rather go back to working the sound and video, sheittttttttttttttttt. "i ain't havin it!"[/bebes kids]

feeling much better from last week, ain't really got no soreness left lingering around, so its back to normal for the most part, until i do that driver helper thing again which i think i might, one day this week.

and you know, its funny how when my mama is talking to me, it could be about anything pertaining to bettering myself as a person. its like ill sit there and say "yeah" "i get it" "i understand" and its kinda like its going in one ear and out the other, but later on i can recall exactly what she said if the situation ever came up and draw reference from it to help me out. ionno i just think its weird, like i ain't listening, but really i am.

Just got COD4 - world at war from game fly but ionno when ima even touch it seeing as I'm in the 4Th season of watching the wire, I'm guessing that i haven't touched my 360 in a good two weeks now, maybe even longer. ill get to it eventually.

oh yeah, happy 50Th anniversary to Motown, i was blasting my oldies earlier...Four Tops - Since i lost my baby...and my mama was talking about how old she was when that song first dropped and stuff. pretty cool to learn some interesting facts about artist from way back when.

and i swear just me getting in the car and taking a leisure drive somewhere....anywhere, just mellows me out like ionno what. if it ain't music or my camera that calms me down when I'm stressed its that. i just hope gas continues to go down b/c i plan on doing alot more driving soon.

yeah, that's about it for now....about to go process these shots i took earlier and go finish watching the wire.

-Fin

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...Really grinds my gears? Assholes who go either right at or below the speed limit, speed the hell up you dumb son of a bitch, but cant over take em b/c of the double line....gotdamn another trap....

But anyway, another week has come to an end, and another pay day, i think ima sit on this one, aint really got any expenses this time around nor anything i want or need. im thinking about doing this whole driver helper thing again one day next week, i mean an extra $100-150 on the check aint bad at all.

Went on ahead and chopped off the goateee, i will admit, looking down and seeing it in my lap kinda got at me a lil bit. but after i took at look at it closer afterwards, it looks a hell of alot more presentable now so i aint too bothered by it. hell its a new year, so its time for a new style, if i ever get the hand of taking self portraits ill take a pic to show yall.

Random Thought: So BET coming out with a gospel version of 106&park? fuck hip hop being dead, TV is dead....smh

Continuing......shit thats about it, im starting to get sleepy just from typing this shit, oh yeah, shout out to Judy and her gators for bringing it home for how many years in a row now? them damn canes need to take notes, aint been to a BCS bowl since dorsey was drafted smh.

Guess ill just end this with a few shots i took over the past few weeks, nothing special, just some candids, enjoy.

-Fin

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Which is exactly what I'm feeling right now, even after a day it feels worse than it did yesterday. DF is this negro talking about? you might be asking yourself....probably not tho.

But, i volunteered yesterday to be a driver helper. basically ride around with a driver and hop out and deliver the packages to the home or business. thought it'd be cool or whatever, hell its 25 bucks an hour so why not right? bullfuckingshit, well not the money part but if that shit wasn't a work out then ionno what is. i only did it for about 4 and a half hrs but man soon as he dropped me off back to my car i just damn near passed out, and it wasn't even my arms or anything, my got damn legs were killing me from all the walking and running. I'm talking about couldn't even put alotta pressure on either leg sore. i said i ain't never doing that shit again but ima see how this check reflects from it. gotta love seeing that shit on your upcoming check instead of having to wait til the week after.
if its looking right, then ill probably do that shit like once a month or something. ion see how they fools do that shit man but it was cool tho, good way to make alotta money fast.

other than that, and besides still feeling the after effects, i did make one more purchase....i call it the grand daddy of my photography set up.

now i can finally get into taking night shots without worrying about the picture coming out all blurry and shit, I'm fixin' to put in some heavy work with this thing here.

And i need to go get these clothes i was suppose to pick up yesterday but didn't b/c i was out working. really just some church wear to shut my aunt up. i love her and all but shit, ion see whats wrong with wearing a nice polo shirt and some jeans to church. well maybe it is something wrong with that but maybe shes right b/c i know all shes doing is looking out for me, and plus I'm getting older now, so maybe it is time for a more "grown man" look....not no Steve Harvey type shit tho.

Found out my homgirl i went to school with is pregnant too while she was down here from Wyoming. was kinda shocked b/c i would have never thought but then again you cant put much pass folks these days, said she due in march i believe, shes enlisted right now so i hope to best for her.

well i think that's enough bullshit for right now, i need to go hijack my cousins jacuzzi again and some food, plus i need to go finish watching the wire and maybe watch the real world...Judy making it seem kinda interesting, they do got a black chick on there right?

Peace!

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Been kinda slippin' on the blog thing since the new year started, well hell, ain't like any of y'all noticed anyway right? jk jk.

But yeah....so far its been so good, no complaints really. and to be honest, hardly any updates....well besides one or two things.

First thing is this damn goatee of mines, with it being a new year should bring new changes right? i mean i had this thing since high school which is well over 5 yrs old, and i really think it stopped growing after 4 so why do i still even have it? ionno really but I'm getting to the age where appearance is starting to mean more and more to me as well as the people around me. i mean what do i look like going to an interview for a fortune 500 company with chin hairs way down yonder? id probably get turned around at the front door. so yeah, i think its time for a change, and it'll probably be this weekend.

Second thing would be this whole school thing, i know for the longest i been saying, ima go to Miami Dade, ima go to Miami Dade. but as of last week, while i was talking to my homboy josh, he told me about the school he goes to located downtown.....Ai Miami International University.....and so far from what I've heard and read about it, I'm really digging it, plus ill be going for my current hobby....photography. so yeah, i hope that works out as well.

But other than that...well that's pretty much it for the time being, income tax season is right around the corner so ima definitely try for a car since i done kinda put that on the back burner.
we'll see

that's about it for now

Stay tuned

Peace.

Oh yeah, if anyone is interested, i really haven't been too busy with this new camera as of lately but i have taken a few shots here and there

y'all can check em out here if you want
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tre305/
'preciate it in advanced

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