Friday, April 21, 2006

Lockdown

Man you sure you know what you talking about?

The one thing that sucks most about law school is the fact that your class grade is based upon one exam. There are no homework points, extra-credit points, brown-nose points, nothing, just that one exam grade based on everything you have discussed the entire semester. You wake up flat on the day of the exam, you could be up the creek. Let's see in three days, I will have spent a total of ten hours taking exams. With one last exam late next week, at least I will have a few days to study in between that one. It's bogus we are only given one day as a reading day before exams begin, all the while we are learning new material up days before exam begin. Tell me we aint getting hazed...... So anyhoo,

I am moving into my new home, its very spacious, but it dawned on me ain't no dang bedrooms in the joint. Heck, no showers either. Oh well, I've got a sleeping bag, deodorant, toothbrush, books, study aids, flash cards, spiritual material, Red Bull, Full Throttle, Gatorade, Skittles, Starburst, Nerds, Sunflower Seeds, and Blueberry Muffin Tops. Now if you cooking, I got foil, shoot me a text.........
take a look at my new crib....
Well, I guess this is it, I am out of here for about a week or so, ya'll hold it down. Would be nice if you included me in your prayers. Good luck to all my classmates as well. Let's do this ya'll!
Happy Birthday Mother!!! I am gonna come out of the bunker just to call you on your birthday. Love u much.....

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Wake Up

Me in Evidence class today. What exactly were we talking about?

Friday, April 14, 2006

Flip-itis

I can't even watch my regular news these days, way too much over analysis going on by the talking heads.
I'm particularly tired of all of the discussions over the Duke rape case. There is way too much speculation going on by both sides, but it is somewhat disgusting to see the talking heads do their best to tear down the alleged victim. I don't even want to bring race in the issue per se, but I do think the media would treat this woman differently if she was white. Let's see, she is a stripa, she has a prior record, and then she's black. As I flipped stations yesterday, there was a frenzy over what the police dispatch tape, where an officer on scene described her condition as "passed out drunk". So now, the chick is an alcoholic. Not once, did the talking heads mention the possibility the woman had been drugged or anything as such. Can anyone say date rape drug? Point is, on the DA truly knows what he is working with, only the chick and the Duke players know what took place. If you want to destroy the woman, can't you at least wait until the evidence has been submitted?
Damn, do I have to see another segment on Aruba?
More Bush scandal.............but no BJ yet. Oh well........
The dying continues in Iraq.........where's the outrage?
Flipping station to ESPN......
Barry Bonds is chasing Babe, Media chasing Bonds cause he is huge and used to be skinny so he has got to be on steroids. Maybe he his maybe he isn't. I don't remember the media hounding Mark McGuire when he was knocking balls out the park. Maybe cause he fits that all American Image. If Bonds is on the juice, so was Mark, at least Bonds did not sit before Congress and refused to answer any questions on steroids. If you ask me both those cats were little when they got in the league, and today both are huge.
ESPN ain't hitting on nothing, time to flip some more....
BET.....Hell no....flip on my brother flip on.
TV Land......yes!!! Good Times is on........guess I can watch a little till its time to get back to the task at hand.
Dang it's hard to find good television when you know you need to be reading.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

T-Shirt Wearer?

My fraternity (Alpha Phi Alpha) is having its regional Convention here in Memphis this weekend, but I doubt I will even attend one event. So much for brotherhood I guess. You would think I would at least go to the stepshow (too long), or at least see the honies in the Miss Black and Gold Pageant (I don't know those chicks), but naw, the kid will not be in the house. Actually, I think I would attend if finals were not approaching but nonetheless, I have no desire to even slightly alter my schedule to support the org. With such a nonchalant attitude, could it be that I have become that dreaded frat t-shirt wearer. Dang......I hope not.
Let's see I pledged Sp. Ninety-Something, and yes, I pledged. I think I was online about 5-6 weeks, anyway, I had no clue coming from the westcoast what pledging was all about. I don't even think I had seen School Daze to give me a heads up. Nonetheless, I showed up at the interest meeting and met some of the members of the chapter. A few days later, I was told to be at a location at a specific time. I remember arriving at the location and while waiting, observed several other guys pulling up to the location, at the time I had maybe seen two of the guys on campus, but I never really had any substantive conversations with the guys, so I simply remained in the car. Anyway, one of the bruhs pulled up and ordered us to follow them, which we all did and eventually ended up somewhere in Orange Mound for another interview, but this one was totally different from the first interview at the interest meeting. (The following statements have been deemed classified and have been deleted to protect the innocent.) At the conclusion of that interview, all I was thinking was what the hell have I gotten myself into. I knew nothing about pledging, I was like these cats crazy. I don't think I was scared, but I was more like what should be my proper response to what was about to be going down. I was truly clueless as to what would unfold in the next few weeks.
Seven of us made the cut, and we were told to learn everything about each other as we would be seeing a whole lot of each other, and we were told to keep our mouth's shut. I ended up being the shortest fella in there, making me the ace, but once again I did not know the significance of that.
The following was deleted to protect the innocent and the guilty. Yea we was getting hazed. What have I gotten myself into, I aint no punk so, I bet not quit. In the end, seven of us remained, known as the "Significant Seven"
Truth be told, I bought my first Alpha T-shirt at my first ever stepshow I attended at San Diego State, I was impressed by the guys who stepped and decided I would buy me a shirt. I remember cause one of my boys, bought an Omega t-shirt because the colors matched his Cross-Colors outfit. Remember Cross Colors? Anyway. I was still in high school though. I did a little research at the time about the fraternity, I new why it existed, I kinda knew what its aims were, so I figured one day I would be one. Thurgood Marshall was an Alpha, that's all I needed to see, I just did not know how that was gonna go down. I even had the nerve to wear that t-shirt before I even crossed. Hey, I did not know any better.
Why am I an Alpha? I respected the values and aims it stood for and wanted to join other like minded men in trying reaching those goals. I still respect what it stands for, but I think today, Black Greek Organizations need to re-evaluate its purposes and aims. We still have to work towards the primary goals of the organization, but we also, we meaning all greek organizations should add some new initiatives. There is strength in numbers, collectively, pan-hellinicly (that ain't a word) speaking, we could establish a very strong political base. Using our numbers to dictate local issues, local politics etc. Nationally, we have numbers as solid as the NAACP, Urban League, NRA, (uh that would be the National Rifle Association), or any of the strong conservative lobbyist groups. Here is a hypothetical, anytime the government tries to establish any type of gun legislation, the NRA gets crunk, applies pressure to the particular legislative body, and ultimately kills the bill. I need not go into how gun violence plagues the black community, but it would be in our interest to support such legislation, could panhell, or my frat and DST approach that same legislative body exercising our power in numbers to pass the legislation? Can you imagine that? Is it possible? Surely. It's possible. I mean in undergrad the purposes of our chapters is to influence our campus and community in a positive way. To develop ourselves as leaders. Why does such proactiveness have to stop because we have graduated? What is the purpose of the grad chapters? To sit around and reminisce about all the parties we had or we used to set it off in undergrad or have lame azz Black and Gold Balls? I think not. Perhaps, if the graduate chapters began to spur political advocacy, perhaps it would spread to the nationals level on each organization. By reaching out to the other organizations it would create a large political base, a new voting bloc, consisting of educated black folk, (well excluding those Ques, who went to undergrad only to pledge.) that could ultimately have the ability to influence our elected leaders and have an impact on laws and issues that affect or plaque our respective communities. Do you feel me on this, or is it a pipe dream? Talk about giving back, I think it goes directly to the aims of marching towards the light.
If we don't look to initiating new and dynamic changes within, I submit that black greeks will become irrelevant. Heck, we are no longer able to initiate effectively, its becoming damn near a mail order society. College chapters grow weaker each line by not being able to selectively choose who gets in, how do you truly become brothers and sisters when the bonding opportunities are snatched away, how does one who has never had to work together for a common cause, suddenly develop those skills when they so easily earn their colors? You see where I am coming from?
So am I t-shirt wearer? No not at all, I am simply patiently waiting on a few good men and women who are ready to take their respective organizations (even the sigmas) to a whole nutha level. I wanna be a part of that flame that flickers, sparking the change that comes.
Hey KEE, they did you dirty over in Circuit, don't let them folk steal your thunder, bigger and better things lay ahead, go get it. Always a friend around. Thanks for making my days in court kool.

Monday, April 03, 2006

In Love With the War

You might find my position on the war in my earlier archives. I was against it from day one and still I oppose it. Unless you have a famly member or a close friend serving in the war, you may not on your day to day activities even think about those who are there. Mind you that those who are serving knew when they enlisted that there was a possibility that they could be sent to war, but I am sure most would not for a moment believe they would be sent to war based on lies. I believe the death toll is currently 2,310 and more than 17,000 maimed for life. I think those who are dead an injured should to this day still be alive but for the lies. The LA Times has done a three part series covering those who are treating the dead and the injured. It's quite moving, when you see those injured and dead, and you realize that that is someone's son, father, mother, brother, cousin. Read the article if you find yourself unattached to what's happening over there. And keep in mind, this is U.S. losses, their is no accurate count on how many Iraqis have died. My mom is not going to like this quote, but I have to ask once again, will someone please give Bush and Cheney blowjobs so they can too be impeached. To read the complete 3 part series click on the link. Holla..... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wounded/la-na-wounded-series,0,936394.special
Another commentary on the rush to war and the lies told.

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