Barack Obama Change Gon Coma

Well it's finally upon us. The moment many have been waiting for years for. A african american in the white house used to be a ridiculous idea that was laughed at by the masses. And now, it's reality.

This past Tuesday president-elect, Barack Obama, became president of the United States. The whole day was filled with excitement. You could feel the energy in the air. School had t.v's throughout the building so people could watch the passing of the torch from Bush to Obama. There were some dull moments but it was enough to keep me on my toes.

The hostess, senator from cali, was good. The pastor who prayed, also from cali, did an exceptoinal job. I enjoyed seeing the Obamas chillin in the audience. I felt like Barack looked mad nervous when he was walking out. Aretha Franklin sang a patriotic song which left more to be desired. My girl Beyonce killed her performance of "At Last" which the Obamas danced to at their nieghborhood ball. However, I wasn't feeling her dress.

The next day rumors spread about how the person swearing in Barack messed up and therefore techinically he wasnt pres. The haters called shananigins but in the end nothing was changed and Obama didnt have to re-take the vow.

It's crazy to think about the struggle black people have been through in this country for hundreds of years. For a partly black man to be running this country, and possibly be the most powerful man in the world, speaks volumes about how this nation has changed. There is alot of pressure on him. If he doesnt deliver some type of change the nay-sayers will win and have an excuse to say "see, we knew he wasn't going to change anything". But I believe in Obama and I'm hoping these next 4 years are the shit

The Blllloooogggeeerrrr

When Ms. G introduced this blogging thing I wasn't about it. I couldnt think of anything to write about and the things I did write about I didnt think anybody would care to hear about. But after I started blogging I, for the most part, feel the same way. Yeah it was a good idea to blog becuase you could get your feelings out on certain things but at the end of the day I just felt like I was whining abuot random stuff in my life that nobody would really be interested in.

Tattoos: Works of Art or Works of Ugly?

With my 18th bday fast approaching I've been thinking a lot about getting a tattoo. I've always thought tats where the ish and I knew I was gonna get one. But I didn't know what, and still don't. After thinking about it I decided my first work of art will be in honor of my hometown, Rochester. But will I like that for the rest of my life????????

I've been seeing mad old people lately tatted up. And becuz they had there tattoo for so long it looked really bad. It was usually blurred and you couldn't read if their were any words in it. Or it was in honor of something they believed in years ago they don't believe in it after growing older. What if this happens to me.

I think its really dumb was kids my age or younger get tattoos. If you really wanted something mad hot that you've always wanted wouldn't you wait to get it professionally done when you get 18???? That's what I'm doing fo sho and I cant wait

With a New Year Comes New Changes

Everybody and their moms have new years resolutions. "I wanna loose weight, I'm gonna stop worrying, I'm gonna save money". And we all know that people usually dont keep to what they promise. But this year, THIS 2009, I've got some changes coming.

The main thing I wanna work on this year is being honest to myself. Even if it means not getting along with other people. Basically I'm just gonna keeps it real. If I dont like somebody, I'm not going to interact with them. Of course it's easier to be nice to people which I do alot of the time. However, if I dont need to associate myself with anything or anybody I don't like, I won't.

Don't get me wrong I'm not just going to be mean just to be mean. I realized that I talk about poeple but then the very next day have conversations with them. I'm over that. There is not going to be anything fake about me. If I feel a certain way about somebody I'm going to stick by that opinion morning, noon, or night. I don't have anybody in mind in particular its just a revolution I've come to.

Even though we are only 4 days into the new year, I'm feeling great about 2009 already. I feel mad grown up. This is probably because I am graduating this year. But whatevs I'm bout to make this year the best I can!

First Snow Day of the Year

Everybody knows that snow days can be a nice and unexpected break. Usually I like them but get bored after a while. This was not the case this past friday.
My scrap, cassie, picked me up and we chilled on her block. It may sound childish but we played on the snow for hours. It was mad fun. A couple heads came through and we chilled with them. The blizzard was intense though. You couldnt really walk without being blinded.
One of the best parts of not having school friday was teachers couldnt assign homework. Plus its an extra day of a two week break. Yea I would have to say this first snow day of the year was one to remember. I had fun and made some cake shoveling driveways.

Life after High School

If there is one thing that haunts me daily its the thought of life after high school. Hell yea I'm excited. There are some days where I wish I could graduate tomorrow and start my life. But some days I never wanna leave. My life isn't that hard now, I live at home, pay no bills, and I have friends and family. But I know next year is going to be different.
The first problem is this college shit. Where do I go? I used to swear by music therapy. I thought I knew that's what I wanted to do for sure. But the only problem is there is no school that I like that has that. There are big problems with every school I applied to. So then I thought let me just go to community college. But I really don't want to do that. Then I thought let me just go to some college with no major. But everybody is telling me that is a waste of money. I'm mad confused and people keep putting in their two cents which is the most annoying part. For now I'll just enjoy as much of high school I can before I have to make big decisions.

My Brush with the Law

Ever since my friends and I got our licences they like to drill me about the fact that I spent a good chunk of change on drivers ed and still am not as good as some of them. Don't get me wrong, I am a great driver. Just sometimes I'm bad with directions and can overlook the small stuff, like not knowing how to switch off the lights in the car or how to put on the heat. I always ignored them but last Tuesday morning I knew that I'd be hearing the taunts for a while.
As I turned the corner onto East Main after dropping my mom off at work I approached a school bus. Anybody who is familiar with the part of main street right outside the YMCA knows it gets busy. I saw some cars parked, some driving, some with their hazards on. It was a plethora of cars. Sure, I saw the bus but the cars in front of me kept driving so I did too. All of a sudden I see the po-po in my rear. I guess I was supposed to stop.
I was calm when he asked me for my registration and license. However I didn't have the license. So he brought me to his car where he patted me down and put me in the back. Even though I felt like a G it was a big inconvenience. After 20 minutes he finally let me go when he ran my name. Now I got a big ass fine to pay and a court date. In the words of NWA, Fuck the Police.