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Rican Weekend
2008-06-08 21:03:00 If you ask some folk what truly sets off the Summer they’ll tell you the Puerto Rican Day Parade. But unlike the many Puerto Ricans that will be out today (or are out already) there are some who try to avoid the parade at all costs. I sent one of my many Puerto Rican friends a ... More About: Holiday , Weekend
Free Write: Summer
2008-06-06 23:33:00 Summer is slowly creeping upon us and I can see the sexy already. I can feel the heat, the water, the sand that summer is famous for. Life is about to get bonkers. If you thought Spring Fever was something wait until you get a load of a blazin summer. At least that is how ... More About: Summer , Free , Write
Sex and The City
2008-06-03 17:05:00 Life had been heavy lately. I haven’t blogged much but I’m doing well for myself. Thank you Meleah for reaching out and thinking of me. I’m fine. Just busy. I’ve been working more hours lately. Getting out of work after the sun goes down has been more routine than foreign. Just the last Thursday I left work ... More About: Movies , Sex and the City , Observations , City
Sex in the City
2008-06-03 17:05:00 Life had been heavy lately. I haven’t blogged much but I’m doing well for myself. Thank you Meleah for reaching out and thinking of me. I’m fine. Just busy. I’ve been working more hours lately. Getting out of work after the sun goes down has been more routine than foreign. Just the last Thursday I left work ... More About: Movies , Observations , City , Sex in the City , In the City
Reading Books Invites People?
2008-05-29 06:00:00 As I find myself traveling more these days I realize I have blogged less. No worries though… This will be considered a free write as I do not feel like going back and editing anything (or proof reading for that matter). A couple of months ago I took a trip to a foreign country. I brought ... More About: People , Books , Reading
Indecent Proposal Experiment: Finding Love in the Big City, Part XVI
2008-05-26 06:00:00 The birds are singing, painted toes are out and about and hormones are running wild - it must be Spring!! After a hard winter of lovelorn contemplation, I decided to once again step out of my comfort zone. No more online madness - better than that. . . I think Chris Rock said it best - ... More About: Love , Proposal , Experiment , City , Part
They Have Arrived
2008-05-22 09:15:00 It’s only 3 o’clock on a Thursday morning. It’s only the fourth day of the week and my day hasn’t truly started yet. It is just past hump day and I realize that for some it’s closer to the weekend. I understand that some of us think that Thursday is the New Friday. But still… ...
My Life
2008-05-18 08:00:00 My eyes are open But I’m so blind I think I know it all With my closed mind My pain is pleasure My joy is pain No psychotherapist Can render me sane Problem after problem With no resolution Will surely have me In somebody’s institution I need an escape From my own self For this state of depression Has affected my health I won’t take meds Not because of my pride But because ... More About: Life , Poetry , My Life , Thought
Free Writing: One
2008-05-16 06:00:00 Jill Scott said one is the magic number. I happen to agree with her. There is a lot of power in one. It takes one voice to be heard. One action to be made. One moment to be had. One element to be felt. One dream to may you think. Through these ones we can ... More About: Writing , Free
Behind Bars: Finding Love in the Big City, Part XV
2008-05-12 23:00:00 When has it become okay to allow ourselves to be as locked down as the men who look at prison bars and are banned from seeing the light of day? While sitting here listening to my favorite radio station late at night, woman after woman relates their love through the airwaves ... More About: Relationships , Love , Bars , City , Part
Homeless Workouts
2008-05-10 06:45:00 Focused, I was as I was walking to my connecting train. I felt a tap on my shoulder. Oh, it’s one of my colleagues from one of my many jobs. Any time I see her I know I’m late. SHE: This is twice in a row I’ve seen you this week. ME: I know. Go figure. And ... More About: People , Observations , Thought , Homeless , City Life
Free Writing: Change
2008-05-09 21:01:00 Subject: Change Time: 10 minutes Change is overwhelming me at this juncture in time. I don’t know where to turn don’t know where to go don’t know the beginning from the end. But I do know right from wrong. But I’m not sure if the right choice is ahead of me or even in the near future. ... More About: Writing , Free
Beggars Can Be Choosers
2008-05-03 18:00:00 After leaving the gym this morning I decided to walk to work. Headphones on, buzz from my work out, my eyes are on the prize that I call employment. My destination was clear and in sight. I decided to walk the twenty blocks to work. I thought it would make for a nice cool down ... More About: People , City Life , Beggars
Tell Me How You Really Feel
2008-05-02 18:51:00 Peep this video I saw at Highbrid Nation. YouTube Direktvideo link As said by Juan “S. Stylus” Perez: In a world where alls fare in love and politics I bring you the latest in installment. Shout to my man?Malcolm up in Detroit (Highbrid Nation Since 2008) who gave us the heads up on this one. Congrats ... More About: Video , Politics , Feel
Free Writing: Truth
2008-05-02 16:42:00 Subject: Hate Time: 10 minutes They say the truth shall set you free. Some people say that you cannot handle the truth. I for one am all about the truth. Well, not quite. I actually appreciate the truth. I’ll tell you the truth if you ask me. I’ll give it to you straight, no chaser. Most ... More About: Truth , Writing , Free
Wordless Wednesday: Offline Dating Profile
2008-04-30 09:20:00 Wordless Wednesday : Offline Dating Profile More About: Fashion
Stillwell Memories: Ode to Coney Island
2008-04-29 16:49:00 Stillwell Memories : Ode to Coney Island How do you say good-bye to childhood’s beloved landmarks: gritty salty air, stale, but sweet popcorn moist and sweaty Cyclone guardrails that barely protect you from falling out but just not safe enough to not be condemned. Long treks through the history of Hip Hop starting in the boogie down with knob filled boomboxes blasting KRS-one’s South ... More About: Poetry , Coney Island
New York Summers: A Haiku
2008-04-25 06:00:00 New York Summers: A Haiku My fire escape an urban terrace to serve fresh barbecue from - The Orange Phoenix The Orange Phoenix © 2008 Urban Observation All Rights Reserved. More About: Poetry , New York , New-York
Tag, I?m It!
2008-04-24 17:49:00 I was tagged by “TelevisionTraci” Here are the rules: 1. Link the person who tagged you. - Done 2. Mention the rules in your blog. - Done 3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. Done 4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them. (Nope, not gonna do it. ) 5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger?s ... More About: Blogs
Indecision
2008-04-21 06:00:00 Indecision Same like the riddle of which came first or what happens at the crossroads and if it involves the selling of souls, What happens when the city of dreams bright lights and apple flavor becomes a modern day Attica? When the spotlights that line Ol’ Broadway are searchlights illuminating prison numbers like train lines monitoring the blank, the faceless and the ... More About: Poetry
Free Writing: Hate
2008-04-20 06:00:00 I believe this to be my third attempt at free writing. I know I’m supposed to freely write without thinking of punctuation and spelling/grammar errors. I’m going to do my best to adhere to those guidelines. Subject: Hate Time: 10 minutes Hate is a strong word. I tell people that all the time and they ... More About: Writing , Free
Don?t be Cheap when Everything Else is Free
2008-04-19 06:00:00 While sitting at my desk the other day, I received a phone call from a friend. They wanted to go out for drinks. Seeing as how my schedule would be busy for the remainder of the week, I thought that today was a good a time as any. On arrival to the spot of choice, I ... More About: People , Relationships , Restaurants , Free , Cheap
The Glory Of The Morning
2008-04-18 15:16:00 This is straight off the cuff. No editing. No spell check. No going back and rethinking thoughts. I may do this more often just to keep me going but if you don’t like it than so be it. If you are feeling it then holla for me one time. If you are feeling it greatly ... More About: Thought , Morning , Glory
First Time: First Dance
2008-04-15 06:00:00 First Dance (Based off of Miles Davis’ Flamenco Sketches) On the tip of a patent leather toe love somehow oiled my squeaky veins, spinning and tip-toeing a rhythmic trail into my heart. With overhead lights and smoky-like trails I seem to be twirling without moving; Slowly I drink in the spirit of you. Fingertips trace hands, neck and yours rightfully fall on hips. In ... More About: Time , First Time
Shades of Brown, Shades of Racism
2008-04-13 06:00:00 One of my colleagues walked up on me the other day to seek my opinion on a matter, which has been disturbing him. He told me that he felt discriminated against because of the color of his skin. Actually, it wasn’t just the color of his skin that was the problem but his specific shade ... More About: Politics , Brown , Racism
No Address, Part 3: I Wish She Never Met You!
2008-04-12 06:30:00 Continued from No Address , Part 2: Don?t you realize who my family is? These are the same folk you used to run the streets with. Come on duke. You and my uncle were tight back in the day. His memory is like an elephants. He never forgets. Don’t you know he has total recall? So don?t ... More About: Thought , Part 3
No Address, Part 2: Spoke to Your Kids
2008-04-10 06:30:00 Continued from No Address , Part 1: You?re daughter called me. I?m sure she got the number from you. I don?t know why she bothered calling. I didn?t get why she called. It made no sense at all. My mother thought it great. She talked to me and asked me what I knew of you. I told ... More About: Kids , Thought , Spoke
No Address, Part 1: Thoughts About You
2008-04-07 18:00:00 I was on the treadmill this morning trying to burn calories, trying to make my heart stronger so I can live longer. I do a lot of thinking on the treadmill. Today I thought about you. I couldn?t help myself. I don?t know why you came to mind. The thought of you crept in my ... More About: Thoughts , Thought , Part , Address
Drunk Logic: Grudges
More articles from this author:2008-04-04 21:30:00 I don’t hold grudges. I just don’t step in the same shit twice. More About: Drunk , Thought , Logic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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