The Experience

I've spent the last few days in Washington, D.C. with my brother and his family. This trip, although very short and simple opened my eyes to so much. My brother took me on a tour of the city. I visited this area of DC known as Georgetown - near the university. It was surrounded by designer shops and nice restaurants. I will compare it to ATL's Buckhead area. The area was filled with so much history and class. I've never seen anything like it in my life. I was simply amazed. One day - I'll love there just watch. It was GRAND, just like me. SHADE: After all of this trill and excitement - I woke up only to drive back to Middle Georgia. Yes, it was a little sad - but back to the basics. After a 12 hour commute back to the sticks, I received a phone call from Macon's messiest person I know - AJ. He's messy as hell but you must appreciate the information. If it's good - he'll tell it. If it's bad - he'll damn sure tell it. He tells me that my best fr...

It never ceases to amaze me how much progress I've made in my life. Looking back at junior year - I thank God that I'm still here. I was alone. A crazy little disruptive something. Confused, immature, and as hot as a jalapeno pepper I made several decisions based on uncertainty. I was a free spirit because of my insecurities. Thank God for grace. I wasn't confident in my youth - I would often times second guess my decisions as if I was ALWAYS going to be incorrect. I focused more on correcting the error before I even made the mistake. I was that guy that was stumbling and unsure of himself regularly. (side eye) o_O I know you'd never guess that. The most compelling thing about getting to know who you are as a person is building confidence in this new person that you're getting to know. Yea, I wake up and look in the mirror. I'm still me, but I'm evolving into a more mature, more confident brother. I like him more and more everyday. In high school I wa...

There's always one person that will tell you about yourself in the nicest way and you just can't get offended. There's someone who's only known you for a little while, but has read your ins and outs and has written a summary about who you are. You're content with this person - happy for them to know you. I've met that person. My good buddy Tamika. Now she's an old woman in the kitchen. She will burn the hell out of any dish like someone's grandmother. Her future husband is destined to have gourmet styled cuisine daily. It amazes me how Tamika reads me. She kinda knows what I'm thinking and how to advise me. I feel like she's known me for years. She has aspirations of being a life coach - I definitely see that in her future. She should surely coach my crazy azz. After work, I went over to Tamika's for a late dinner. She was preparing this chicken soup and Johnny bread. She explained that it was a Bahamian dish that she eats back home in the...

So, I am listening to this song as I type this post. I've found that I feel this way about a lot of people right now. I'm not angry - I just choose not to deal in their games. Life is too short, so why deal with them? F@%k them! This particular individual that I was having a problem with - we'll just call her Debra to protect the guilty. Nevertheless Debra is a middle aged white woman with very racist tendencies. It's not uncommon to hear her make comments such as "Nothing but peace and hair grease and you people." She has connection problems with the blacks around her. She makes extra attempts to make herself look good. She's loves to make the blacks look stupid. To make a black person look stupid to her is like cream cheese icing on top of chocolate cake for her. So I just know in the trunk of her Ford Taurus she has the white bedsheets with the eyes cut out. Debra and I had a falling out about a week ago - so I stopped speaking to her. The Klan lady wea...

I spoke with a friend of mine - Jeff, a few days ago and he said, "Zo, I think I'm loosing myself." The very thing that he's always had to complete him or validate his existence was gone - his woman. We talked about it over drinks at local restaurant and I gave him the best advise that I think I ever could. 1. Although she's gone - there are millions on top of millions of other women left - all hope isn't lost guy. The problem with many hopeless romantics like myself is that we invest so much into "ONE" when we should really be making small deposits and investing for total return. 2. Evaluate what went wrong - If you don't know what went wrong here, it's bound to happen again. What were the root causes of the arguments, see could there have been alternative ways to solve things. 3. Step out on Faith - You're 21 years old guy! You have the entire world in front of you - why dwell on the small stuff. I know a year is a long time when you...