Merry Vacation...I mean Christmas!

Good morning World,

I hope that this day finds you all in good spirits.  If it does not, then maybe you should get a job where they give you over three weeks off during the Christmas season!  I know what your saying....."how is I, going to get a job that gives me all that time off?" (I accept that folk's English is not where its supposed to be these days ...not my reader's of course!).  Well, if you cannot obtain one of these jobs, then look to me and bask in some of my glory! 


Besides going to the gym and doing a little more shopping, I have absolutely no agenda!  Please note, that I am not looking for an agenda as well.  That's right, NO- I don't want to help, assist, cooperate with, please, endure,  aid, support, back up....Anything or Anybody.  I just want to do whatever I please until I January 3rd 2012.

Merry Vacati......I mean Christmas...Very Merry Chriscation!

Top Ten General Rules that SHOULD Be Common Knowledge but sadly are not :(

Alright Alright Alright, it's Tuesday!,


Hello Everybody!  I enjoyed hearing all the great feedback from yesterday's posting.  Looks like the blog hit over 125 views yesterday!  Outstanding and thank you so much for reading.  As I ended yesterday post, I began wondering what today's post would be about.  The first thought that came to mind was "Please No Socks with Flip Flops".  While so true, I do not believe that a whole blog should be dedicated to this subject...however, it still should be mentioned!  So, instead of a whole blog on how I am against people (except for prisoners...those jail cells get drafty ...I hear) wearing socks with flip flops, I give you:

The Top Ten General Rules that Should Be Common Knowledge But Sadly are Not :(

10.  Unless were intimate, please stay at least two feet back from me

9.  Conversate is not a word (C'mon, I am serious, please use "converse")

8.  It's not OK to watch a bootleg movie on the first date

7.  If you have not given me at least a kiss after I have paid for the 3rd date, there wont be a 4th

6.  Herman Cain did it

5.  Kids really should be quiet when grown folks are talking

4.  Telling on your siblings should stop after the age of 18

3.  An Ipad is just a bigger version of the Iphone...without the phone (yeah I said it!)

2.  If you work hard, then your hard work will pay off

1.  Your Mom will always have something to say about something (so accept it and move on)!!!!!

Today's Top Ten has been brought to you by Kriss Kross ......cause inside out, they're wiggity wiggity wiggity wack!

Cowabunga.......  Im out.

How about a "No Baby" Shower?

  Good Evening Everybody!

Today has certainly been a busy Monday.  Not that it was particularly unpleasant, just very busy.  I am asked over 100 questions a day (give about 50 questions more on really interesting lecture days).  By the end of the day, I am out of answers!  Even on things that I know I have the answers on...such as:  What's your date of birth?, What's your middle name?  Are you hungry?  How many siblings do you have? .  Even the simple answers become one big amalgamation of thoughts that spew out randomly in front of an unasuming audience.

On to today's topic:  How about giving me a "No Baby" Shower?  That's right, I said it!  Over the last year, all my closest friends have managed to have a baby or become pregnant.  Good good, congratulations, I really am (really I am) very happy to welcome a new member of my "family" into this world.  However, I have been ransacked for presents, time, food and patience!  #1 I am a man, and I should not be made to go to your baby shower!  I do however believe that I should most certainly give a gift.  If you must have a baby shower, can it be some place like at a restaraunt?  That way, I can eat, leave a gift and dip out before you all began playing those ridiculous baby games. 

I believe that if someone reaches the age of 30 and they have not had a baby, then all their friends with babies should throw them a "Happy You Have No Baby Shower".  The way I look at is is that by the time you are 30, you have spent over 2 to 300 dollars on parties that you have not planned nor asked for.  Why not a little appreciation for the single and childless friends of yours? 

***There are a few of you who may read this that I have rsvp'd for your shower, resisted your shower or that you plan on inviting me to your shower.  ....well, if you have enough leverage, I'll capitulate ( yes, Tina, I'll be there and I will smile about it), but aside from Tina.....you better have some leverage!

Now, where's my party?

Have a Great Evening Everybody!

I made it to 31....and am ready for what is being brought on!

Hello World,

It's great to be back with you all.  Since I have last blogged, a lot of wonderful things have taken place.  I had another successful year of volleyball coaching, I began playing on a volleyball league, and I made it through the summer and have started teaching high school once again.  This this year has been full of surprises.  I managed to get into an ESOL graduate program (in which I am currently earning all "A's")!  I am in my second class of the program and I can honestly say I am learning more than what I ever imagined.  I am grateful to have made the qualifications to get into this "all expenses paid" program.

This year I have seen almost all of my closest friends become pregnant.  At first this was a gradual transition, however it seems as though all of a sudden all four of my closest friends are pregnant at the moment!  I am very happy and excited for them!  They will be excellent parents.  ....however, this whole "all my friends having babies thing" only amplifies the fact that I am 31; and at 31, people are supposed to be getting married, married, and having babies! .........that or either making their way towards a goal (which is what I am doing!)

As I have been riding this Super Trolley I call life, I have checked in on my blog.  I have had over 1400 views, at least one view per day and am now in over 50 countries.  The world has become a lot smaller, cozier and warmer.  Opportunities are abound for those who want a change in life and the future and world is bright!  Because of the constant views, I have received many requests to pick up my blog.  So....after much debate....I am going for it again.

Please be on the look out for daily posts and feel free to send me ideas on topics of what you would like to hear about.  Cheers to a good 2011 and an even better 2012.
 

It's getting exciting y'all! Have a Merry Monday Eve

Tada

Just because I am a nice guy, doesn't mean I plan on taking the "L"!

Good Wednesday to you All,

  The week is creeping along.....thank God!  As I meander through another day, I stop and take notice of the happenings.  I have old friends popping up to say "hello", new friends popping up to ask "what's going on" and prevaricators all around in the meanwhile.
Like the rap song goes....dust the dirt off your shoulders!  As I made it home unscathed (and tired after coaching track practice), I contemplate what I would blog about today.  In the middle of the shower (so fresh and so clean) I had the topic come to me....Just because I am a nice guy, doesn't mean I plan on taking the "L" (L= loss).

  I am a firm believer in the Golden Rule.  This rule states that you should treat others the way you would like to be treated.  Simply put, if you violate this rule, I may not hold it against you, but I will definitely remember the occurrence.I put a great deal of effort into the Universe in order to strive to become a better person everyday.  In my strivations (yeah, I made that word up), I am beginning to understand that you may have to let people go in order to move on.  It's not that you do not love them anymore, its just that after awhile, you are either taken for granted or only called when your needed. 
  It's fine, my love for my friends won't diminish, however, the selfless acts that everyone is accustomed to, will be opened to more scrutiny as it relates to how often I dole them out.  In short....refer back to my topic for today!  For today, 30 means = guy is still nice, but just not as nice as before!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

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Today's Topic: I'm a slave to my cellphone...there, I said it!

Good afternoon World,

I hope everyone has safely made it through their Monday.  (For me) This week is going to be filled with great times and hard work.  The interesting part is, that I am not sure if I am ready for it.  ....however, just like The Fugees sang, "ready or not, here I come, you cant hide.".  There is nothing to do but grip it and rip it.  Batter up!

While I am going full speed ahead, I notice that I do this obsessive patting of my pants leg.  As I go down the hall at work, I pat my pants leg.  As I sit down for lunch, I pat my pants leg....as I leave the bathroom, I pat my pants leg (...okay that last one was just solely for the purposes of drying my hands).  What am I patting about for?  Simple, the answer is that I am doing a phone check.  That's right, I am making sure that my phone is on my person. All day long, I automatically check to make sure that I'm not without my hand held laptop.  The last thing I want to do is leave it!

Sad part is that I was born in 1980.  I did not get used to having a cell phone with me until 1999!  For a period of 19 years, if I were out, then I was out.  My answering machine let me know who missed me...when I arrived home.  Now... let me leave my house without my phone, bet I am going right back home to retrieve my precious!  ...Hmmm I wonder, if it is really that convenient if I can't live without it?

I'm just saying!

Have a Splendiferous Monday!

Things that were considered "lame" in high school now equals:

Good Sunday to you All,

I hope everyone is doing well.  This weekend has been great so far.  Down here in Atlanta, GA, mother nature has painted us a picturesque view of beauty to behold for the day.  I had a chance to see my Mother yesterday, I talked with several of my cousins and I hung out with one of my best-friends (and thusly some of my old friends as well).  It was great!  I really appreciated folks who I haven't seen in years and relished the joy I was able to help one of my best-friends ever usher in her birthday.

As I grew up with a number of my Jr. high school and High school friends, I thought about something.  We are all turning 30...ain't no more "being a lame".  I heard someone say "...oh man, such and such is just as lame as ever.".  Then we all laughed at the terminology of being "a lame".

Things that were considered "lame" in high school now equals:

• Staying in on a Saturday night- not lame, you're just tired from a long week of work.
• Listening to B 98.5 -That's not lame, they play the music we grew up with now!
• Wearing solid colors- that's not lame, you just don't have to worry about matching
• Not drinking until you get drunk- lame...I think not, you don't want to lose your license, which would make you lose your job!
• Going to sleep by 10pm on a weeknight-That's not lame, that's smart sleep planning
• Making it rain at the club - that's not lame, that's stupid, "do you know how hard I have to work for that money!".
• Not wanting to drive- not lame..after all that driving you did through the workweek, why bother!?
• Taking a nap - that's not lame, your pre- stocking up on sleep in order to make it through the week

All of a sudden, looks like what was lame is now just plain...GROWING UP!

Have an Oustanding Day!