Some Shameful Sh@t

I was coming home this morning and past this mural and felt the need to pay my respects to a young brother who lost his life to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police last week. yesterday i learned that he was from my neighborhood when i stumbled upon his daily vigil 4 blocks away from my house. the situation is compounded by the fact that he was unarmed yet shot in the back while fleeing the police. the "official" story is that he was armed and revolver was found beside his dead body. the many witness strongly refute that claim.

this is a shameful chapter in Charlotte history.

sorry

sorry for the lack of posts. i had a enthusiasm hemmorage, which resulting in few posts, a few listfull outings and a mild case of seclusion. well the hemorrage has been stapled and bandaged. and i am currently on an IV drip to stabilize my enthusiasm. i will keep you posted on my status in the near future.

but i am battling back. june is controversy month as ordained by FRQ himself. so be prepared. dirty laundry will be put out on the front lawn for all the neighbors to see. toes may get stomped on, and you may be offended.

so exert just a little more patience, while i cook up a batch of totally offensive material.

sincerely,
o2 aka double o aka o-dash, aka nigel's brother, aka omar the superstar, officially knowb as Omar

Blublocker

but part II is the best by far

So i am at work.......(2)

...................and my co-worker sounds like this every morning. as soon as she hits the door, the words come flying out of her mouth like machine gunfire. so fast you cant duck, run, or hide. you are hit with a barrage of questions, comments, and rhetorical questions instantaneously. you know when you try to pay only half attention to someone and continue what you are doing. you cant with her. too much at once, overwhelming.

thank god its almost over.

Broken Fridays

Steve aka Apex

?Myk

Jimmy


i just want to share a slice of my life you. i read blogs where people chronicle their lives and i get so jealous. i get to thinking that my life is such a bore that i could never pull off one of those blogs. plus i take the worst pics. unfortunately i havent been photogenic since i was a kid. but i wanted to give a shout out to some members of my inner circle. ?myk, apex (steve for those who dont know) and jimmy. we are the troublesome foursome coming to a restuarant near you on friday afternoons. if you see us cover your kids ears, keep the wheat bread and strawberry lemonade coming and dont expect us to leave any time soon. my schedule is cleared for this. only trips out of town can keep me from it.

all topics are up for discussion and no prudes are allowed. blogger may shut me down if i made a transcript of our conversations. so i will bite my tongue. so this is a shout out to my people for a few hours of misguided inspiration every payday friday.

youtube funnies

if you have been paying me any attention its evident that i love me some youtube. its like one of the greatest inventions ever. i am very much addicted. usually i reserve clips specific to my blogs, but i got some foolishness stored up for your enjoyment. hope you enjoy the cheap laughs.

conan the raver


the trojan games


dragon fly jones


major payne

I almost missed it

As Passover 2008 comes to a close. I just wanted to wish everybody a very Happy Passover to you and yours.

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I took this pic in the breakroom fridge. It just seemed like and odd way to reperesent your faith. and i never heard it phrased Happy Passover. Plus being the first born son, the passover story has always been terrifying. But to each his own and enjoy.

I hope you shared the same cheap laugh that i did.

Compay Segundo

November 18, 1907 – July 13, 2003
For the last 5 years i have had a fascination with Afro-cuban and Afro-brazillian culture and music. the rhythms and perscussions just have a way to stir my soul like no other music. its still kind of primal. you can still hear Africa in the music. listening to his music for the first time was like when i first dusted off dad's Isaac Hayes albums almost 15 years ago.

This is one of my favorite songs of all genres. Compay was truly on his game. I am so grateful that he and other cuban musicians of his time lived so long that there music could be resurrected during the 90's after being repressed for so long under Castro's dictatorship. He wrote the following song and also plays the lead guitar on the following track. although i am fluent in spanish i cant understand a word he says. but the strings and flute make the words irrelevant. simply amazing. enjoy and never look back.

Droppin Gem's

classic, no frills, no gimmicks.....................

Return trip

the return trip is always the hardest. some lonnie liston smith, gil scot-heron and and brazilian percussion help the exits pass by. helped but a 3 hour trek immeadiately before work was cutting it a little too close. a little luisito quintero did help. but i was drained all night.

i always have a great time in atl, no matter what i do. my friends, family, the energy, the options, i can't lose. i got to get there more often. this trip illustrated how close atl is, but yet worlds away from charlotte.

shout goes to nigel and his trooper from GA Tech. a few days of that college life was nostalgic yet made me feel both young and vintage. enjoy those days young brothers.....

another to ej, living it up in the big city. yeah i am jealous and bitter and happy you are there and i am not

and the most bewildering moment......when the latin busboy at Glady Knight ran up on me trying to contain his enthusiasm cause he is a Little Brother fan. yeah that hoodie attracts rabid fans like me. big up to you and step your fandom up, cop all those lp's and mixtapes to keep up the good fight

back to reality in the qc, damn it was so good.......

oh yeah, no deebos this time.

ATL

My ATL travel kit


Can't forget the house shoes


and of course a little travelling music
J Dilla - Donuts
Little Brother - Getback
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
J Dilla the Shining
Common Sense - Can I Borrow A Dollar?

PS Thanks to all the slow upstate drivers for staying off the road this afternoon. And to the Gwinnet county police for non-harrassment.

Springtime

The peach tree blossoms. azalea flowers. more foot traffic.

Springtime is almost here and i love it. The signs are everywhere if you open your eyes and observer. No more cold, high Piedmont Natural Gas bills, the sweatsuit i wore as i lounged around the house, and the dingy towel I crammed in between the screen and front door to kill the draftiness. a beautiful time it will be. my peach trees blossomed and the birds are chirping. women start wearing less clothes andi give advance thanks to warm weather cleavage and lovely baby-oiled thighs. i can't wait.

but my enthusiasm is tempered cause there is a cost. there is a cost for everything on the westside. the cold weather receding means that the relative solace will end. yes, all of the fairweather vagrants, vagabonds, winos and addicts will emerge from hibernation. so will those jaywalking, stunt driving wheelchair racers will begin another season of Frogger. the mighty midget congregation, the parking lot panhandlers in front of the Food Dog and once again we become worrisome ATM withdrawers as the foot traffic swirls around us at a most vulnerable time. i might have to change my blog title, cause maybe i have more redeeming qualities than i give myself credit.

Adulthood

stress. finances. career. work. inspiration. faith. commitment. family. retirement. taxes. insurance. promotion. mortgages. savings. graduate school. IRA. IRS. children. degrees. student loans. 401k. commuting. questions. doubt. credit scores. interest rates. snarling traffic. hope. happiness. motivation. regret. youth. aging. loan consolidation. expectations.

real sentiments are best said by spetac and median.....................

What part of the game is that???

this shit is so hilarious to me. to each his own, but damn. licking stilleto heels, thats over the line. feet worship, i dont quite get that one either. i'm not hatin, cause i've sucked toes before. i was 17, i did it, she liked it, i scratched it off my list. and she didnt have corn, this chick is working on a damn bushel.
lady step your game up, foot worshippers have some damn standards.

Late Night

ain't too much better than some greasy authentic tacos. the kind that are sold on the back of a cart aka "roach coach." feast, landmark, ihop, wafflehouse are good. but el duranguense tacos hit the spot. the only thing better is you favorite fish plate............