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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LorDemi
December 29th, 2010
3:31 pm
(Take away the law that would convict a man for molesting your daughter.)
You dang’gon right…You don’t need a law for that…just go Antoine Dodson on his behind!!!
LorDemi
December 29th, 2010
3:34 pm
(Granny is an Old G…)
I’ve been reading you for 4 years now…half of your folks seems to be OGs, LOL
I am whatever you say I am
December 29th, 2010
3:34 pm
“….least 4 of every 10 drivers under the influence…..”
nobody smack up my whip! I will sue the pants off you!
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
That’s why they SHOULD be at home
That’s the whole problem, SHOULD. Make it legal and watch how fast it pours out onto streets. The only thing keeping folks “responsible” and behind their closed doors doing it is the fact that it is illegal.
Let the government open that door to make it legal and watch a lot of that responsibility vanish.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
3:40 pm
“Make it legal and watch how fast it pours out onto streets.”
Damn right….work “smoke breaks” won’t be the same!
SlimOne...who dat derr say who dat?
December 29th, 2010
3:41 pm
‘half of your folks seems to be OGs’
LorDemi – lolol…hole up…you not wit da feds are ya?
LorDemi
December 29th, 2010
3:44 pm
cocaine, crack and heroine too, right?…
Raqi, don’t you find it a bit strange…65% of the prison pop are in for abusing their own body…less than 10% are in for robbing or killing to support their habits, crazy
I am whatever you say I am
December 29th, 2010
3:44 pm
LOL how bout we make it legal but every single automobile has to have those breathalyzers installed
You gotta blow into a tube and if you are crunk…you can’t crank your car?
Celisea
December 29th, 2010
3:45 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!
O…M…G…..I’m done….LOL
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
work “smoke breaks” won’t be the same!
Productivity might slip but there won’t be any workplace violence…
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
You do have good point made there about responsibilty vanishing. As you know in the eighties when crack was laying folks around in parks and breeze ways the govt. stepped up and reined in all that madness now some of those same indivduals have clinics to go to for a fix with shiny new needles. So has it already been legalized through the feds?
DreamsMaterialize
December 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
What irresponsible or harmful thing did marajuana ever make anyone do? Now ask the same thing about alcohol. Marajuana shouldn’t be any more illegal than cigarettes, alcohol, or over the counter drugs.
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:46 pm
dang! *Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick Deserves to Die – Sports Blog – CBS News*
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:47 pm
lol @ Sassy!
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
Celisea yousa a fool for that one…
You know them ramen noodles cheap…you can get like 10 for a $1. I ain’t trippin on them cause they helped a girl get through college…and I haven’t eaten them since then either. Those were the days..
SlimOne...who dat derr say who dat?
December 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
‘What irresponsible or harmful thing did marajuana ever make anyone do?’
Dreams – I’m appalled at your question. Did you not ever see REEFER MADNESS??? (sarcastic)
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
I choose to believe the legalization of alcohol is responsible for the many fatalities from people getting behind the wheel drunk. The government made it legal to buy. Although driving drunk is still against the law, that liquid courage has overshadowed rational thoughts for many individuals. Legalizing other drugs will do the same. Give them that ‘courage’ overriding being responsible.
LorDemi
December 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
I am…you can’t sue broke…most of the violators are broke folk, lol
Beautiful
December 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
ramen noodles with hotdogs! lol. doctor it up. #memories
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
“Damn right….work “smoke breaks” won’t be the same!”……….LOL
Productivity might slip but there won’t be any workplace violence…
They need to ship a pound a week to every post office.
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:52 pm
*Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick Deserves to Die
Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if someone actually tries to harm him. That Carlson dude said Mike should’ve been executed…executed. It’s all about color and us having a president that looks like us has a whole lot of crabby conservatives hell-a-mad. The current attitude(o’fay attitude) towards him lets us know that racism isn’t dead.
DreamsMaterialize
December 29th, 2010
3:54 pm
I choose to believe the legalization of alcohol is responsible for the many fatalities from people getting behind the wheel drunk.
Making it illegal was responsible for the deaths of people who attempted to make alcohol on their own without the proper knowledge, as well as the deaths of those who were murdered in association with illegal bootlegging operations (ala Al Capone).
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
3:56 pm
Damn right….work “smoke breaks” won’t be the same!
Would you want to own that company?
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
3:57 pm
Foote, I swear I hated it when the weed game went mainstream….tombout you could go to the man, and just get a “nik,” “dub”, “quarter”, or whatever…..then, all of sudden you had to get all particular…gimme an eighth of purple kush, a dub of hydro white witch, and all that nonsense…..life was so much simpler back then!!!!
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
3:58 pm
They need to ship a pound a week to every post office.
Yeah do that for a “trial period” and see how it works…if it’s good then it’ll stay that way permanently… how ’bout it.
Sassy Me..If you ask me I'm ready :-)
December 29th, 2010
4:00 pm
2C YOU KILLIN MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:00 pm
Raqi…sure would own the company….anything that boosts morale, boosts the bottom line!
kimmie
December 29th, 2010
4:01 pm
I’m bout to split. Off again tomorrow until next Monday!!!!
Be easy!
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:01 pm
life was so much simpler back then
And you think legalizing it will make it better. LOL
Celisea
December 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
Sassy – I copied that from 2Can but I need to resuscitate after that…LOL
Raqi – Stand strong…I’m agreeing with you stance
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
““nik,” “dub”, “quarter”
“life was so much simpler back then!!!!”
You got that right………LOL
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
anything that boosts morale, boosts the bottom line
2CPTG, so you become more motivated after taking a hit? Does it give you the urge to mow 40 acres. LOL
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:05 pm
Raqi….it’s apparent you don’t get it….because it’s illegal is why you have the current cartels, and what nots….you don’t see big tobacco company’s or liquor distributors fighting over turf! But go up in the woods and step on a moonshiner’s toes, betchu get yo whole head bust open!
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:07 pm
Celisea, all they have to do is wait. “It” and all other ‘enhancers’ will soon be legal. Nothing will be against the law and nothing will be wrong. All wrong will be deemed a man’s right. And this world is going to be hell to live in. I hope the end of my days will have come by that time.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:07 pm
not to mention, Raqi….it’s an aphrodisiac!!!! I’ve been known to tear some coochie up while on the ganja!
BlackMagicWoman
December 29th, 2010
4:07 pm
SASSY……Apple Pie moonshine????
I’d love to try that. Maybe I’d lean right instead of left! 
Speaking of Bootleg booze…I love me some Boardwalk Empire!
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
4:07 pm
“Does it give you the urge to mow 40 acres. LOL”
Paint the house, clean the gutters, mow the neighbors lawn, chopp the fire wood, clean the dishes what you name it’s done…….LOL
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
2CPTG, you are only looking at it from angle. Yes legalizing it may eliminate a lot of the fallouts among the hooligans on one end, however it will just up the usage and lack of responsibility on the other end.
Blackfoote
December 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
It’s an herb just like the kind you buy at the health food store it’s that it is discriminated against.
DreamsMaterialize
December 29th, 2010
4:12 pm
And this world is going to be hell to live in.
Bootlegging made the world hell to live in. The crime and murder associated with that was so horrrendous that they had to repeal prohibition. The same was true for running numbers. Legalizing both of those industries drastically cut down on violent crimes. Believe it or not, things were worse than they are today.
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
I’ve been known to tear some coochie up while on the ganja!
It may have given you stamina, but was your woman pleased. LOL
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
Raqi….look, stick to yo beliefs, and I’ll stick to mine…..you of all folks, I would think would at least “understand” where I’m coming from….it is a plant, btw….and everything that was made, was good for man!!! take that however you want…
Celisea
December 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Raqi – I’m agree with your 4:07….if an inch is given a mile will be taken. There is no way in the world legalizing drugs will stop at that. I agree there’s a reason and a need for laws. As much as we might not want to admit and even as shady as things can be, without having some sort of “demand” for order it would be chaotic…like now in these times. I agree, look ahead the more we live the more wrong becomes right and right? Heck something is wrong with you if you hold to or live by a set standard. I too want to be gone on and I want my child to come with.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
was my woman pleased????? gal, you playin wit me….you gotta be…..
you mighta tried me, then!
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:17 pm
But DreamsMat, those incidents were only matters between those brewers involved and not all that were using the product. Making it legal made the product more accesible and many using have a lack of judgement.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:17 pm
hell, y’all prolly think homosexuals deserve the same rights as married folks…..
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:20 pm
2CTPG, you are still my ex-blog husband. LOL But my first husband was killed innocently coming from work by a drunk driver and to this day I cannot feel differently than how I did make then.
No hate or discard between you and I.
And are you the type of man that cannot deal with your woman not agreeing with every word that parts your lip? Now I see why we didn’t work out. I am no “yes woman”. LOL
Raqi V
December 29th, 2010
4:21 pm
Homosexuality is wrong and will never be right. Period.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 29th, 2010
4:22 pm
“And are you the type of man that cannot deal with your woman not agreeing with every word that parts your lip? Now I see why we didn’t work out. I am no “yes woman”.”
WRONG! I love a woman that has convictions, and stands by them….we didn’t work out cause you wasn’t hunchin!
LorDemi
December 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
And keep in mind folks, prison is a billion dollars industry…legalizing a green and others hard stuff, will cut into their profit magin…drug cartel make 56% or more of their money from green sells. In order to keep green from being legalize, them jokers ramp up killing along our borders, lol crazy!!