OMG!! SMH!! What’s going on in America?

Okay, I’m fumin’ right now! Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has withdrawn Pres. Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services and also as the Chair of the White House Health Policy Committee! OMG, the more I see this transition the more I hate that Sec. of State Clinton didn’t win the nomination and the Presidency…Dems are leaving left and right, and republicans are moving in in droves…if I wanted republicans running the Commerce Department, Defense Department, and Transportation…I would have voted for John McCain! But i voted for the person I thought would be progressive!

I’m getting more and more hurt every time I look at this White House…I voted for change, not a continuance of the STATUS QUO!! Now who the hell is gonna become Sec. of HHS??? Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)?? or maybe Trent Lott of Mississippi, since Pres Obama wants to fill his cabinet with a bunch of frickin’ Republican who only want to stymie his plans…but then again maybe he is the typical politician after all…maybe he just put out those plans to make us think he was looking out for us…I wish he would just go ahead and be a progressive….let the republicans do what they do best, fail to be proactive…Pres. Obama needs to leave this reactionary stuff alone, and get a move on!

The rant is over…and I’m sure it’s mostly incoherent…but deal with it!!

Onward, HO!!

So, Things are really looking up compared to the horridness that was 2008! i got my scholarship back, there is a Progressive in the White House, and I have two jobs! I was able to stay friends with Ms. (im)Perfection[hence forth known as FmrLvr], even though we broke up. Iwas inducted into the African American Studies Honor Society, I was able to revamp WTS(the co-curricular club for my major) with the help of some dedicated members. no one in my fam has lost a home in this horrible economy. My two best firends were able to resolve issues they had and repair our little group…I guess that overall, you could say I’m BLESSED!! And I’m gonna use my blessings to continue the work I’ve started!

Open Letter to A Parasite

Dear Asshole,

I’m so glad that I have finally come to my senses! I am so glad that I finally was able to overcome my own flaw of having to help everyone and never give up on them, well you are the second in what may become a trend! I can’t deal with the mood swings, they’re worse than my grandmother’s, and she’s menopausal! One moment I’m your best friend and the next we aren’t talking, and I never get the memos in these situations. And then you try to manipulate every situation, I don’t need to be in control…but you will not run my life!

For some reason, you feel that it is okay to treat people like shit; I admit that I haven’t been the friend that I should have been…I never should have let you get away with it. I was concerned that I would do more harm than good, but not anymore…you are on your own. As I look back…I didn’t really get anything out of this friendship, if one would call this parasitic relationship that. You routinely DRAINED me, and would sow chaos into my life and then leave laughing. I never held it against you because I felt sorry for how others had treated you. I now realize, you brought all of it on yourself!

I used to argue that you aren’t a bad person, I even convinced others that you aren’t, I regret that now…you are heartless, and you are probably a sociopath, and you’re definitely a narcissist. Before I came to college, I would never have stood for such a thing, but for some reason, I convinced myself that whoever I became friends with freshman year would be my friends for life, and i had to nearly break my neck to hold on to them. But, Asshole, it’s 2009…and I’m done with the bullshit. I’ve realized, I don’t need you…or the stress you bring to my life! So, please, forget my name and lose my number. Ignore me, and never make eye contact! After this rant…I’m done and moving on.

I hope that one day, you will learn what it means to be a friend. You pick great friends and treat them like shit, and then you pick horrible people and then come crying to me when they treat you like shit…but then throw me under the bus to run back to the abuse…I guess you’ll learn or die in the process of maintaining the abuse…but as for me…I’m done! Best of luck to you in your pursuit of abuse and heartache ASSHOLE!!!

And as I said about fmr. Pres. GWB, “good riddance to bad rubbish!!”

Fuck you very much,

Bobby_2010

Some Folks Should Just Say “No,” From the Get Go

So I basically spent most of the day sleeping; usually, this would be an issue…but not today. And for good reason: The Girl With the Open Mind turned 21 and we had a cocktail party! AMAZING!! I helped her with the prep, and then I started out as the bartender (NOTE: it’s not really smart to start drinking well before the party starts if you have agreed to be the bartender…nothing good comes of it…even the drinks, unless overly strong drinks are your cup o’ tea). During the prep of the bar and the jello shots, I had a shot of vodka, a strawberry daiquiri, and an unsettled jello shot. Then I made myself a margarita while I was taking orders…not smart! (Yet very cool!!) At any rate, the party got underway and the drinks were flowing. We were having a great time. And then the issue-laden, sexuality questioning person appeared to rile things up. And this person isn’t even one of our friends; he’s Malpractice’s friend…which is cool…it’s just odd that a stranger would cause trouble. So I was shocked because he was hitting on my male friends, and he also was hitting on one of my female friends…NOT COOL!! And it was slightly creepy the way he was acting, he has quite a few issues, and get this…his goal in life is ot be a Psychiatrist…he may want to seek professional help before trying to solve other folks problems…I’m just saying.

So things just got crazier and crazier…I couldn’t stop talking all kinds of shit…I couldn’t help getting overly irritated when one of my friends begged me to join his pity party…I DON”T THINK SO…I don’t do the whole feel sorry for you when you aren’t looking for a solution to your problem. But, I digress. So the original plan was to get smashed and spend the night at the GWOM’s house…but my ride sobered up while I was still maintaining my drunkeness…so I was like okay…time to go back to the dorm. I get into the car, ride all the way back to school swipe my key card ot get into the building and then…I realize I never got my door key back form Lucky-In-Life(I left campus early to help set up, so I left her in my room to wait on the other guys to make sure they have rides…therefore..I left her my keys.) SO I’m locked out, and the last lockout rounds are at 3AM…it is 5:15AM…I’m S.O.L.!! I had to spend the night in Uppity Negro’s room, on his futon (I want one, but, alas, I have no space)…it was cool…drunken sleep is certainly the best!!!  We woke up and went to the caf…and then waited for Lucky-In-life to bring my keys to campus and by that time we were hungry again, so we got some Wendy’s(Shout out to the BFF: The Chicken Club, Spicy…amazing..try it!!) once we got back we all fell back asleep in his room…and I came back to my room around 7 PM…and switched over here from Blogger.com…to my new home…wordepress.com!!!

lol, man some folks should just say “no” to begin with…but for others it’s always nice to blame it on the Alcohol…enjoy it: Click the link to here it if you have not…and you’ll def see why I’m listening to it and laughing as I make this post!

Blame It by Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain

Aaaahhhh the Memories…

Yesterday was awesome! We (Lucky-in-life, Upward Mobility, and Psych Ward, and I) were sitting in my dorm room just talking and some how, we started to reminisce about the joys of being a child

-like when you watched Face on Nick, Jr.
- Leon on the Puzzle Place, why give the black guy such a black-sounding name?? I loved it though!
-Alegra’s Window, Gullah Gullah Island, Eureka’s Castle, Barney, C-bear and Jamal, and countless others
-Geography
-Becoming the geniuses we are now, better let your (future) children read encyclopedias, then they might one day get our level…lol
-Those WONDERFUL books from childhood: Corduroy, Peter Rabbit,Where the Wild Things Are, and countless others
-My favorite books from childhood were often in Spanish, since I went to Spanish Magnets for most of my elementary education, but here’s some of the English ones: Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs, Kat Kong, Dogzilla, Ralph S. Mouse: The Mouse and the Motorcycle…and especially Romona Quimby, Age 8
-Then laughing at the drama that seemed so large in high school, and now it makes you laugh because those would be great problems to have right now!
-reflecting on how it is still asking a lot to have to write a paper over a page…5 pages is still a daunting task…and I’m trying to go to law school…I need to get over this!!
-It’s also so weird that after this year…I won’t know anyone at my old schools…isn’t that crazy?? I have known folks the graduating class of 2000…now I won’t know any AT ALL…WILD!!!

(Contented sigh) to Be able to go back for just a day with this knowledge intact…how odd things would be!

Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

And A New Era Dawns!

(LiveBlogging the Inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama)

NOTE: All times are Eastern Standard Time

8:46 AM: The Obama Family is on CP time, 10 minutes late to their own church service. Thank Gawd I’m not in DC, the lines on the Metro are outrageous! and it’s 17 DEGREES! I love the jubilation of the crowds! And they are so diverse, yet…I seem to see a much darker hue than in any of the others I’ve seen.

8:49 AM: They have finally left, thank goodness the ride to St. John’s was only about 45 secs. (If this were any other President-Elect, I would want them to walk…but he needs as much protection as we can afford.) And Mrs. Obama is looking GREAT!!! in a very nice, yellow-ish/gold-ish dress with an ankle length jacket of the same color, there appears to be bead work, or sequence. T.D. Jakes(of Dallas, Founder of the Potter’s House Mega-Church) will give the sermon for this morning’s service. Yolonda Adams is set to perform, and The Rev. Otis Moss Jr (on the board of trustees for my school, former chair of the BoTs) will give the invocation.

8:57 AM: These ladies from Louisiana perform the “Obama Song”: Son of a Gun, Crawfish Fun, we’ll have fun on the Bayou…Son of a Gun, Crawfish Fun, We’ll have fun on the MA-ALLL…kind of a cute little ditty…since they were older ladies from the Bayou.

9:15 AM: John Lewis shares what this means to him on CNN.

10:00 AM: The Obamas, and the Bidens, have left St. Johns Church, and crossed the street to have coffee with President and Mrs. Bush at the White House, America’s House!!

11:40 AM: Rev. Rick Warren, of the Saddleback Church and Purpose Driven life Fame, offered the invocation.

11:46 AM: Aretha Franklin regales the assembly with America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)

11:58 AM: Joe Biden is sworn in by Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.

12:00 PM: BARACK OBAMA Just Became President of the United States without the oath, according to the Constitution. Sen Dianne Fienstien, Chair of the Congressional inaugural Committee introduces a musical ensemble including Yo Yo Ma, the violinist.

12:05 PM: Chief Justice John Roberts swears in Senator Obama as the President!!

12:07 PM: Sen Fienstien Introduces to the world the 44th President of THESE UNITED STATES!!

12:08 PM: PRESIDENT Obama begins his speech:
Thanks Bush for service and Cooperation
He rebuffs those feeling the failure of the USA is eminent
He kinda tempers the feelings of those who see him as some savior, and tells
us that we will have to make sacrifices, avoid shortcuts, be courageous, and
take risks, get down and dirty to make these promises real.

12:13 PM: We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start the work of rebuilding America.
Affordable Health care, Energy reform, Education reform
Not is Government too big or too small…but is it efficient?? is it Transparent??

12:16 PM: we must not deny our principles in favor of safety in a false dilemma

12:19 PM: Our Patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness!

12:26 PM: We carried forth that great gift of Freedom!!!

12:27 PM: Elizabeth Alexander, Inaugural Poet: Praise song for the Day

12:32 PM: Rev. Joseph Lowery, co founder of the SCLC, gives the benediction…he used Lift every Voice, And Sing as the intro to his prayer! He prayed for Obama’s success in this “high Office, and a low Moment!” He prayed to get rid of the exploitation of the poor, the least of these…and rid us of the favor of the rich, the ELITE of these!

12:38 PM: the National Anthem

1:03 PM: President Obama signs official nomination papers, and a declaration of national renewal. the cabinet Secretary Designates are now officially Nominees.

1:27 PM: The Congressional leadership enters Statuary hall,

1:28 PM: The Vice President and Mrs. Biden enter Statuary Hall

1:29 PM: The President and Mrs. Obama enter Statuary hall, for the congressional luncheon.

1:34 PM: The Blessing for the Congressional Luncheon is said, cameras are no longer allowed in…the luncheon is private for it’s 200 guests.

1:54 PM: President and Mrs. Bush leave Andrews Air Force Base for their new life and home in Dallas, TX aboard a private jet.

2:00 PM: I got a phone call…missed everything else

To Sync, or NOT To Sync…that is the question

So, I am that person that really hates to log into my email on my computer and see a whole lot of emails that I needed earlier in the day. So, I have chosen to synch my three most often checked accounts to my Sidekick, I think this is a great idea most of the time…but lately…all of the emails with deals from places I shop have been coming to my phone. I hate nothing more than being reminded how BROKE I am…and when I say BROKE….I mean BROKE!!!!! also, it drains my battery something fierce…

SO, good people of the blogosphere…should I keep it synched? OR LET IT GO?? Do you have yours synched?

The Prayer of Jabez…it works indeed!

Donald Lawrence Bless Me (Prayer Of Jabez) – Donald Lawrence
And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. (NKJV) 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

I don’t know about yours…but…MY GAWD WORKS!!!!! Indeed He does!I will be staying at my school! I’m truly blessed, and will now be working hard to prove that I am grateful for this great gift! I’m aiming for a 4.0, to prove to these folks that they made the right decision in giving me another chance, and I’m so at peace with my religion at this moment…maybe that was the reason for all of this…to show me how it feels when I rely too much on my own understanding. I need to let go, and let God more often…and I will!

Peace and Blessings,

Bobby_2010

Is This the End of It Already?

I recently told you guys about the troubles I’m having with my education. Well, Today I was informed that i did indeed have my scholarship revoked. I am not sure why it took so long for them to inform me of this decision. I mean, the semester ended about a month ago, and now it’s a week before school there starts(Wednesday), and a few days before classes start at the potential school(Monday). The man that informed me told me I have until Friday to send in my appeal, I sent one in in December, but I guess they can’t be bothered to retrieve the appeal I sent in previously…I guess I’ll go send it in again right now.

I am so upset about this because I will not be able to continue my education as an African American Studies Major, and I also will have to tack on at least another semester to my undergrad career because most of my credits won’t transfer to my new school as I will now be a History major Pre-MAE…and I haven’t really concentrated in history at my current/former school. I am sad to say this, but I feel an odd sense of relief now that I have at least gotten an answer, but then again I’m slightly depressed att he same time…but it’s really about having to change things prematurely…btu it must be noted…I DID NOT get kicked out of school, I am still in good standing, I just can’t afford to get this education at this school that costs 34000 dollars per year…I mean I can’t even get the loans to cover it.

I told some of my friends at school, but Chaos-in-Motion wore me out. I told him and he said that I can’t leave because he doesn’t want things to change. I thinks it’s crazy how he can only see how this thing affects him. He said it’s only money, and that this thing is bigger than money. He also said it’s about more than education…but not for 34000 dollars per year. at this pint, it’s all about making it to law school…fuck everything else…I love my friends, but I gotta go and do what I gotta do. I had a fun 2.5 yrs there, but there are bigger fish to fry(LSAT, LAW SCHOOL, and eventually this PhD). Pray for me…as I move down this new path in the wilderness.

This is what it’s all about the the road to manhood, the road less traveled!