Red handed

well it is so true. i am so bad that i cant even hide things too well. over the last week my mother found all of these things in my house. the porno was the worst find. i inadvertently handed it to her. it was in a stack of dvds i was returning to her. well i'm glad my conscience left me a few years ago..........

The game is grimey

So my brother got his car stolen. it still boggles my mind why one would want to steal a 93 Honda Accord. Sounds pretty senseless. so after a few angry days, his car was found. happy we were for just a few minutes. and by his account, then things became personal. his CD player, tire jack, anti-freeze, febreeze, spare tire, autohammer (pictured above) and all of the change from his coin tray were lifted from him. the most striking thing was the autohammer, a tool given to both of us to save us in the unlikely event that our cars are submerging in water. in one small hit and the glass shatter and an Orr child lives to see another day. so that being said, vengence is in our hearts and we got something for your punk ass.

this more or less sums up how we feel.

Stolen Moments, Pt. 3 - Common
little brother, i am here to take those knees out on whomever that sucka nigga is. i will even bend a few fingers back just for your troubles. you know where to find me, just pick me up at the train station cause i still dont have a car yet.

This bear is out of Hibernation

i have been going thru a lot lately. and i will get to that later. no car, no internet, no computer, and i forcast no money for the future too. but now i want to reflect on happier things in life.
The CIAA tournament is in town. for all you that dont know, Charlotte will be the party capital for the next few day. you will never see so many negroes in your life. even better is the look on yuppies faces when they come downtown. the look of awe is priceless. so i am coming out of my hibernation for a few days and the B.B.E. will be running rampant through Charlotte. The snaps, drunkeness and buffoonery will be on full display and i will be in the middle of it.

so if you are pretty, thick, and well put together. my eye will be on you. hopefully i have something smooth to say to you. if its not smooth, i just hope it works. my charm is like that, BEWARE. so if you are trying to leave the spot and you feel a slight tug on your elbow and a handsome chocolate brother with a beard looks at you with a sly grin. the ensuing conversation may go down like this...............

When it pours it rains

so you already read about last week, minus a misadventure or two. well its not over. my computer has a virus and i currently collecting dust with an invoice attached to it. hopefully i will have it by next friday. and this morning, my car died. it is spewing oil and rattling. my mechanic says it sounds like i need a new engine. evidently the lack of oil, has caused the engine to wear against itself. therefore i may need a new engine. that will be another $2000. now, i was planning on getting a new vehicle in '10 anyway. so that has been sped up too. for those who don't know me personally, the calamity that has been the last two weeks is the rarest of occurences. its like seeing the lockness monster and bigfoot on a date. so in a few hours i have resigned myself to the fact that i will be broke for the unforseeable future.

maybe i should make a song, "Less Money, Mo' Problems."

and today i also realized that very few good things in my life have happened because of planning. so i look for the opportunity. i will keep you posted.

I'm a little late

this is for j dilla. you are missed more than you know. he was around years before i knew him by name, yet his sound had reigned for sometime already. this was the song that put him on my map. i hope you are making tracks up there in the sky.

Eve (Jay Dee Mix) - Spacek f/ J Dilla, Frank & Dan

This week

1. i lost my id, debit card, and gift cards (target and wal-mart, money is tight i was going to float til payday with those
2. my phone died, luckily i am back up and running. i wouldn't give the samsung glide to my enemy
3. my life got $5000 dollars less interesting. my hours were cut at the job and i assume more hours are on the way. any thought of a future with this job has dried up immediately. this means i am starting my new diet today, p.b. and j and top ramen. and i get no raise. and now more than ever, they are working the dogshit out of my superiors. their job looks a lot less appealing too

4. and my brother got his car stolen

today is only Wednesday. so i have 3.5 more days to take in bad news.

i knew 2009 would be interesting

p.s. i work in retail and let me give you a small economic lesson. retail is the colon of the ecomony. if you put good things into the economy, everything comes out smooth. but if you put 8 yrs of bush-onomics, large industry failures, and widespread hysteria, you get the financial bubbleguts that we are all dealing with right now.

And this is for..........

I dedicate this to the Broken United FC, all Boykrew and affiliates, and anyone else who can relate. some of you have great, exciting fulfilling careers. i read your blogs and the exciting things you do and experience. i live vicariously through you but i also get a little jealous. i wonder how good could i be if i had a vested interest in what i do. my work ethic is about pride and sustaining. nothing more. all the rest does not concern me once i exit the building.

so for us, dreamers, wanders, even those who are lost. i dedicate this song. i hope we can find an money making niche that we both love and succeed in.

For Da Love Of Da Game - Baby Blak And Pauly Yamz

Thanks St. Valentine

Valentine's is fast approaching. and if you know me, i have a real disdain for this day. but i will keep that to myself. i would rather get a colonoscopy than deal with this Valentine's garbage. i thought i could weasel my way out of it this year. in advanced i volunteered to work on Valentine's night. that was my fool proof plan of course. then i got into a situation, and we have been talking for a few weeks now and i am not yet convinced this is going somewhere. so of course, she asks about Valentine's. and i tell her i am working that night and i will be off on Monday and Tuesday. she was undeterred, "you dont' get off that late and you can bring your clothes with you to make a quick change." Damn!!! And i am on the phone wondering when i agreed to take her somewhere. so i have a dilemma.

so i was walking in Wal-Mart tonight and i heard a young lady tell her friend that she needs a present that says, will you be my boo? no mushy stuff, no love, no gimmicks, just be my boo and keep it moving.

she is most definitely a kindred spirit. when valentine's comes around, i scramble for something quaint and cheap that keeps me out the doghouse. now, i don't want to do too little, nor do i want to give off a false impression. i need the under $20 gift, that screams Happy V-day/don't get beside yourself, and lets ride this thang out a lil' bit longer. and a creative scheme to keep her content. so i will put this devious mind of mine to work and see what i come up with.

Valentine's is for lovers and if your situation doesn't fit in that category, you are fucked. just like me.

My Inspiration

i have been on hiatus. i have been trying to stack my chips. '09 is the year of the big come up. one of the things on my list is my furniture. this scavenger furniture has run its course. so i have been i have been decorating lately. yeah, me and decorating in the same sentence. i bet you didn't expect it. at first, i wanted help. i thought i couldn't do it myself. so i asked for help. i pleaded for it. but as soon as help arrived, i realized my mistake. i wasn't clear nor assertive enough when explaining what i wanted.

i had a vision of what i wanted. simple, earth tones, inviting, warm, sexy and swanky. no man's place embodied this better than Marcus from Boomerang. so he inspires me to shoot for the stars. with all that being said,i was too cheap to make a move. but last month my cousin asked if her and 5 of her friends could stay here for the CIAA tournament later this month. I thought about it for a day then accepted. in '09, the year of the big come up, i decided to parlay my tax monies into a new TV and some new furniture. so thats where my energy has been for the last month.

finding a TV was easy. its nice but no quite Martin's Hoshitoshi. but furniture shopping is like plucking my chest hairs one by one, painful. first i didn't know what i wanted. then i had to organize my budget. then i made a decision. luckily i measured it and its too damn big for the house. then i re-evaluated things. next i spent a mind numbing afternoon at Ashley, Rooms to Go, Value City, and Lazy Boy. Followed by Rooms to Go outlet and two local furniture warehouses. and there i found it.

the randy watson set, sexual chocolate. deep, dark, and masculine, hmmm sounds kinda like myself also.

i'm just glad i'm finished. spring is coming so my hibernation is coming to an end.

damn, Eddie Murphy is really responsible for this post. Maybe i'll find a girl who likes to party all the time..........................

The only thing that could keep me calm..............

..............was a Donnie Hathaway song....
Stolen Moments by Common

this is a big thank you to the elusive Jimmy Ahn, who came back from his sabatical in Illinois bearing gifts. last night he surprised me with this very album. i was was speechless for about half an hour. i was in such a trance i missed a turn looking at the album cover laying on my passenger seat. i am so thankful, i promised him my first born child in repayment. i truly appreciate it.

they don't make them like Hathaway anymore. wow!!!!

just a taste

I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know (LP Version) - Al Kooper