One must experience the darkness to fully appreciate the light.
New Year’s Eve! Time to party! Not me though. I’ll be hiding in my bedroom when midnight strikes. Call me crazy but the sounds of gunfire just outside my walls terrifies the hell out of me. My wish for the New Year is to make enough money to move to a neighborhood that doesn’t turn … Continue reading Day 6: Pray that Hell or Heaven lets you in…
A lot of people in our area woke up Christmas morning with no power. You can imagine how stressful this could be. While we are imagining, what if you were on the other side of this equation? You receive a call from your job in the wee hours and they tell you to come in … Continue reading Day 5: You pay him in advance; You treat him with civility…
I spend a lot of time on Twitter. Probably more than is healthy. I watch a lot of feuds erupt out of thin air. What I’ve learned is that people will drag each other with little or no provocation. There are no grey areas or room for explanation. Everyone is too in their feelings to … Continue reading Day 4: If They Don’t Reach a Peace, That’s Alright
For the first time in my memory, there was no arguing and fighting at our family Christmas gathering. It was relaxing AF. It was amazing. Everyone met at my mother’s house around 12:30. She made it clear that we were having Christmas Brunch instead of Dinner. Maybe all the quiche made people less confrontational. All … Continue reading Day 3: Most Disputes Die and No one Shoots
Contrary to popular belief, I do know some people in real life other than my relatives. If I fucks with you, I care about you. Period. I’m too grown for emotional games with people. There are friends that have been there for me since grade school. We don’t see each other often, but I can … Continue reading Day 2: Your Lieutenant, When There’s Reckoning to be Reckoned
Hello again. Still alive and relatively well. 2016 was really trying me emotionally, but I’m still here. Success! My mother spent a couple of months in and out of the hospital. School made me contemplate playing on the highway again. My son has entered early adolescence and I don’t know how I’m gonna afford to … Continue reading Day 1: The Challenge, Demand Satisfaction