I resolve to live it up!
It can be pretty profound hearing about “untimely” deaths and seeing really tragic events take place right at the end of the year. I’m normally pensive and reflective as it is, but when I take a moment to consider how life really is a journey, I begin to think about making the journey more meaningful.
Life is short. Life is beautiful. Life is precious. If anything this past year has taught me, its that you can plan all you want but sometimes you have to just enjoy life as it comes.
I resolve to focus less on what is missing because it takes away from appreciating what’s not missing.
I have a propensity to plan everything and I try to take small, calculated risks (Exciting, I know, it’s how I roll!) Throwing caution to the wind can actually be a fun thing (within reason?), so I would love to see what happens when I try it.
I can only make one dating resolution that I know has a high success rate: Have fun. That’s it. What about you? Do you think making resolutions work?
What does the new year make you think about?
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Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
2:28 pm
Kellibean:
I believe people can redeem themselves from prison not all prisoners are bad ones and yeah they will always carry that stigma of prison and it is unfair for some but that’s just the way this systems works it’s unfair to all no matter what. Example I think of is the pro football player that killed a pedestrian while impaired got off with a misdemeanor and fine when Vick spent 2 years in prison for dog fighting. Where’s the fairness in that?
Trevor0529 (FFL champion AGAIN!!)
December 29th, 2010
2:29 pm
I know my moniker is nerdy today, but I don’t care!! I would like to thank the many NFL stars who helped me attain this championship
Aaron Rodgers
Matt Ryan
Dwayne F. Bowe
Jason Witten
There are other that I can name but time won’t allow it. Thank you! Thank you!
Now back to regularly scheduled blogging
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
2:33 pm
Slim, you cheese bread reminds me of the time my brother and I tried to make smores using the flame on the stove. Had melted marshmellow and chocolate all over the place. LOL He and I both had to clean the kitchen everyday for like a month a piece.
I think the only thing topped that was when my oldest brother made a pizza in the oven. Burnt cheese all in the oven.
Bubble Guts Slim (SlimOne)
December 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
I’ve been to Compound some years ago….it was crowded as all get out…Diddy, Keyshia Cole, the hosts from 106 & Park were there amongst some other celebs.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
“had that law passed it would have had positive ramifications throughout the country not just for pot heads but for the laws that put trist upon grown people doing what they want to do legally.”
Blackfoote, not only that, but you can’t legislate morality! folks do what they want with their bodies! whether it’s sellin coochie, or smokin weed…one should be able to do whatever he/she pleases!
Kellibean
December 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
@Blackfoote…I agree that the different treatment between those players (or anyone else in that situation) is unacceptable. The one who killed a pedestrian while impaired should have spent a good amount of time in prison. It all depends on the lawyers, judge, and money you spend. It’s a sad system!
Bubble Guts Slim (SlimOne)
December 29th, 2010
2:36 pm
Burnt cheese is a biyatch to clean up, especially if it cools & hardens up.
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
Trevor:
The NFL top 100 listed Jerry Rice number one I got no problem with that but to me it will always be Jim Brown on the football field.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
@2 & Black… i have to disagree with you both! cause then folks are gonna want to assist others with suicide, etc. i’m glad we have laws that protect ppl who don’t want to be protected. this mentality of *it’s my body…* is kwazy!
kimmie-soon to be Mrs.
December 29th, 2010
2:41 pm
Blackfoote – Thanks for the congrats!
And yeah, we know this Vick thing & anything concerning the President is all about race. Last time I heard, the President was still on vacation so he can do what he wants. He’s also one of those rare people that can walk and chew gum at the same time!
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
2:42 pm
2C:
“one should be able to do whatever he/she pleases!”
All the way Live!
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
one should be able to do whatever he/she pleases
2CPTG, people already do but that doesn’t mean the government has to consent to it.
If what you are saying is the case why not just get rid of all laws. Take away the law that prevents a man from walking in your house and taking what he wants. Take away the law that would convict a man for molesting your daughter.
kimmie-soon to be Mrs.
December 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
As for “dating while incarcerated” – that’s why I have ZERO sympathy for some of these whiner dudes walking around that can’t get any play. Cause if dudes in prison can pull women, so can they!
Trevor0529 (FFL champion AGAIN!!)
December 29th, 2010
2:45 pm
@Blackfoote, Jerry Rice and Jim Brown are both interchangeable at the number one position. Both players transcended their position.
I am whatever you say I am
December 29th, 2010
2:46 pm
bubble guts: ok….maybe NYE party will be okay
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
Cause if dudes in prison can pull women, so can they!
Right?! So there’s no excuse.
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
Beautiful:
Sweetness I respect that and we do need strong laws on the books just for that kind of beahviour but you see folk who have given up on life I say if they want to go let them go.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
“If what you are saying is the case why not just get rid of all laws. Take away the law that prevents a man from walking in your house and taking what he wants. Take away the law that would convict a man for molesting your daughter.”
Raqi, that’s one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard you say….how does doing what you want with your OWN body correlate to doing away with all laws? I said you can’t legislate morality, not institute a system of anarchy!
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
the adage, “a man’s home is his castle,” oughta hold true….when I go home if I wanna walk around butt naked with a glass of ‘yak and smoke a joint, that oughta be my prerogative!
DreamsMaterialize
December 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
Why is it even considered immoral to smoke weed in the first place? Cigarettes and alcohol are more harmful to the indivudual and society than marajuana any day of the week.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
@kimmie… i watch’d Survivor. and the ppl who were rewarded food cherished it like they never ate before. while i’m sitting on my couch not trip’n that i have brownies, chips and soda in my kitchen. we tend to take advantage of what’s before us. the whiner dudes walkin’ around is pass’n up the potential mate before them… being picky. the guy in prison is appreciating what the whiner dude don’t see. open ya eyes fellas!
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
“Why is it even considered immoral to smoke weed in the first place?”
if ya do the research on this subject, you’ll see even that law has racist roots!
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
2:56 pm
Beautiful, just go ahead and say it already….you’re corresponding with a dude in the pen! For Christmas you sent a care package of stamps, ramen noodles, and a bunch of honey buns!
DreamsMaterialize
December 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
if ya do the research on this subject, you’ll see even that law has racist roots!
2Can Yeah I’ve dug into this a little bit, not enough to be an expert, but enough to understand. Of course, legalization will adversely affect our folks too. Legalization will probably put the neighborhood cats out of business, kinda like what the lotto did to the numbers man.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
@Black… if it were okay for ppl to commit suicide… wow! i don’t know what to say. so many young adults would not be here!!! a broken heart for example will have a person think’n bad thoughts in a hot minute. dude… please rethink that madness you just posted!
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
shuddup!!! lol.
I am whatever you say I am
December 29th, 2010
3:01 pm
all this talk about poots/gas/ as what not makes me want to take time out to get intimate with my
cammode.
Don’t nobody go in the bathroom for 35…45 minutes
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:03 pm
babe… text me! i wanna send you a pic i just took.
Bubble Guts Slim (SlimOne)
December 29th, 2010
3:03 pm
Dreams – my grandma used to run numbers.
Granny is an Old G…
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:04 pm
if I wanna walk around butt naked with a glass of ‘yak and smoke a joint, that oughta be my prerogative!
You tell ‘em 2C
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:04 pm
its funny how pretty/cute/attractive females can blow up a bathroom! lmbo. doesn’t seem right.
kimmie-soon to be Mrs.
December 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
Beautiful – Ish stank, whether you cute or not!LOL!!
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
3:07 pm
Beautiful:
LOL…..at what 2C said……I don’t believe people should kill themselves because they have a broken heart that is crazy but for people that have uncurable illnesses and want to give up the fight against it why let them suffer if they want to go on from it.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
Sassy….you know what’s funny about that…my last gig I had in Atl, I was watching a video I had made on youtube (where I was doing pretty much just that – minus being naked), and one of our SVP walked in and saw it…he looked at me strange; all I said was…..that video was made at home!
Bubble Guts Slim (SlimOne)
December 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
Beautiful – I recall my cousin sent me a text freaking out one day. She went to visit a guy friend out of town and ended up with the BG’s. The bad thing was she got suckered with one of those tricky bathrooms and the toilet ended up overflowing. She said she was SOOOOOOOOOO embarassed that he ended up having to come fix it. So not sexy. lmao! I like to get into that comfortable part of a relationship where I can be in the shower and dude will be taking a dump & talking to me. Then every time he/you get’s ready to plop one out, you raise your voice when you talk so the other person can’t really hear it
(vice versa)
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
2CTPG, as with cocaine, crack and heroine too, right?
You car is your car. Does that men you should be allowed to drive your car, after becoming impaired by the drugs and/or alcohol you bought with your money.
Or is it only okay to you for the things you like to do.
I agree you should be able to do whatever you want in your own house, but making it legal should not be done.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
suicide is high with teens! so now you wanna say who can and cannot commit suicide? smh. i read about a lady who had a broken heart for 25 yrs (her husband cheated on her). so why can’t she off herself if she wanted to. she doesn’t see any reason to live.
BlackMagicWoman
December 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
“Beautiful, just go ahead and say it already….you’re corresponding with a dude in the pen! For Christmas you sent a care package of stamps, ramen noodles, and a bunch of honey buns!”
2C…..
Now that shhh was funny! I just flatlined_____________________________
As far as weed….I don’t “read books”…”partake in the herbals” or what ever folks call it. But its a plant that grows from the earth…such as tobacco. But it does not give you Cancer like it other plant counterparts. The only reason the goverenment make a big deal about it a because they can’t make money off of it. You can grow it in your backyard or even in your apartment. See how they legalized booze after they found a way to tax it. That is why they frown upon Moonshine! You can make it…sell it no the government can’t get any profits! I say if you wanna light up…you should be free to light up. They could care less that it’s killing people. If they could profit from crack they’d legalize it!
Greedy b*astards!
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
that video was made at home!
Yep 2C and they couldn’t do anything about it..legally. Your SVP probably wanted you to turn him onto your connect…who knows.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:15 pm
@Slim… how embarrassing! he saw her poop and err’thang? lol. poo thang.
SlimOne...who dat derr say who dat?
December 29th, 2010
3:15 pm
‘Your SVP probably wanted you to turn him onto your connect’
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:17 pm
That is why they frown upon Moonshine!
Speaking of white lightnin people are getting really creative with the flavors n such. They’ve got some really different flavors and I thought it would’ve been weaker but it wasn’t. Had some called “apple pie” and it tasted just like apple pie…I promise. That sh!t had a girl leanin real hard to the left with NO hangover the next morning.
SlimOne...who dat derr say who dat?
December 29th, 2010
3:18 pm
Homemade wine is good too…
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
3:20 pm
“Your SVP probably wanted you to turn him onto your connect…who knows.”
at that particular point in my life….guess what??????
I am whatever you say I am
December 29th, 2010
3:21 pm
I once knew a guy that paid his college tuition off the herb he grew in and around his dorm
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
3:22 pm
Beautiful:
Teens do it mostly out of peer pressure and really need help they wont seek. That lady you read about don’t need to do suicide she needs a divorce and a psychiatrist. Now you know I said people with illnesses who wants to do it and there a lot of them around the nation.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
3:24 pm
Raqi….hear me out….
I’on give a damn what noone does with their body! you can abuse anything! hell, eat too much and try to go driving for a long distance – the “itis” then becomes just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol!
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:25 pm
bruh… lets agree to disagree!
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:25 pm
Homemade wine is good too…
Uhh huh…
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
3:28 pm
Raqi:
A responsible person male or female shouldn’t drink and drive nor snort and drive although this weekend there will be at least 4 of every 10 drivers under the influence. That’s why they should be at home and can do what ever they want. That’s why it should be legal for responsible adults.