BOSOM BUDDYS

Happy Easter. It was a pretty good today. I spoke to one of my long lost friends from the high school days and I received an e-mail from one of my old neighborhood friends. I also got other e-mails from others through FACEBOOK. I met up with more people today than I ever had. On "myspace.com" all it is is a meat market. The only reason I even got on it in the first place was because my girl send me an invitation , because one of her friends invited her on it. So I spent about a half day on the internet today and I'm still going strong. This past weekend I began working GRAVEYARD again. But, this time it's for reals. No more day shift. It has been eliminated all together. Everywhere you turn, people are getting layed off or relocated. Well, we never thought it would happen to us at the PO. But, it's happening. I'm glad that I am back to networking. I recall one day telling someone that NETWORKING wasn't my cup of tea. Well, now it's not only my cup, but a MUG OF JAVA. I think networking is going to be a major factor for the future just to make it in LIFE. I first want to thank my daughter for inviting me to her blog. I tried "chat rooms" and all I caught was viruses, I'm glad it was the "cum-puta" and not me. I've heard horror stories about individuals meeting up with others ON-LINE and getting arrested for chatting with under age girls, or worst getting AIDS. So I happy to keep in touch with my daughter through this blog and enjoy the posts by "LETRAS DORADAS" too. But, I think I'm gonna spend a lot of time at FACEBOOK. Doing the network thing. And posting blogs here.

BIRTHDAY BLUES

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!

Somebody needs to do something about this ancient old jingle. It's time to make a change. Well, it's been a long time since I've sang the song anyways. And it's been a long time since I've told or wish anyone a happy one. As a matter of fact, birthdays come and go, and they're just like any other day. I lost the value of what a birthday has, and the meaning of it. LIFE... it's a beautiful thing. Everyday we take it for granted that we're gonna wake up each morning to face the day. When in fact, you don't know what to expect. I had a very intimate conversation with one of my co-workers regarding her close encounter with DEATH. I never felt or reacted the way I did when she was telling me of her situation. It really hit close to home. My parents are coming of age, but I see them stronger than most. My peers suggest I quick smoking and drinking because its gonna KILL ME. When the TRUTH of the matter is that I hear that the ones dying around me have never dranked or smoked or lived a HARD LIFE. I may be getting OLDER on the OUTSIDE, but I feel younger and much WISER than ever before. So, I suggest to anyone reading this...enjoy LIFE...it's too short to worry about this and that.

EAT, DRINK AND BE HAPPY!!

And before you die, I also highly recommend that you take a NICE ROAD TRIP ON A HARLEY.

FOOL ME ONCE

April Fool's day came and left. And I didn't get a chance to FOOL anybody. I was so busy trying to be serious. As a matter of fact, my birthday came and sped by so quickly, I still think I'm one year younger than last year. My daughter wrote in her blog about my coming of age, and she is right. I still feel 31. You would think that at twenty-one, a man would be in his prime, but not so for me. I was still wet around the ears at that age. 31 was the age for me. I felt strong, sexy, handsome, charming and all that what a man desires to be. Unfortunately for me, that is when my world around me was caving in. Even though, I thought that I was doing everything right and trying to do what I thought others would be content with, I wasn't FOOLING anybody. Well, actually I was.... FOOLING everybody. I had them FOOLED that I had it all in the bag. Everything was a-okay. It was just a matter of time when the mask of deception and dishonesty would be destroyed, and reveal the disgrace of my FOOLISHNESS. All I ever wanted to do was to please and keep people happy. I get great joy seeing others smile and laugh on the account of me. I've always been the life of the party. The center of attention, the court jester, the king's FOOL. I enjoyed it! Now, I'm content with having others smile and greet me because I exist. I'm through trying to please. Now, I concentrate on trying to please me. I was, for too long of a time, every body's FOOL.

BURNING THE MIDNIGHT

Life has serve me with its ups and downs. I wish the only ups and downs I would ever have to do is push-ups. Hell, I can't remember the last time I did any. I made a New Year's Resolution that I would write once a week or everyday. I can't remember. I think I already mentioned this before. Well, that's what happens to you when you get past your prime. I'm just glad that I wake up everyday. Sometimes, I just want to stay asleep. My dreams are so much better than my reality. But, I do look forward to waking up to a mug of Folgers. And the mouth-watering aroma of chorizo and eggs. I feel that I've done a complete circle and went back to my childhood. The aromas and sounds that surround me, remind me of how it was when I was just a little boy. It's nice. I hope that the days and years to come will be better than what I've experience in the past. That's another thing. I don't worry so much about how things should be or how they could be. "I just take things in stride, and just enjoy the ride." All I ever have to be concerned about is what I am doing.... at the present moment.

FREAKY FRIDAY

It's been years since I last went out on Friday the 13th. As a matter of fact, it was one of my favorite and luckiest of days. This past 13th (wasn't and was ) what I expected actually I didn't expect anything that happened that night. I had many errands to run and it almost seemed as if I wasn't going to be able to go out. I was about to change my mind when the babysitter told us that it is tonight or nothing, because she wasn't going to be available for awhile. So, off we went. First, I had to get a pair of pants because I didn't have anything clean and she got herself a pair of jeans and a blouse. Laundry.... Anyways, we went out for dinner at Applebee's to have their New York Steak Strip. It wasn't as good as the first time. The appetizer was great! We recommend the boneless buffalo wings. The merlot was fair. After dinner we weren't sure what club to hit. I wanted to stay close to home. But, we live in the ghetto...so are the clubs. Hollywood it is. It was so jammin' fun that we stayed until closing or close to it. The clubs close at 5am. I'm getting old, cuz I kept asking her if she wanted to go home. And she kept saying no. She wanted to get her moneys worth. Anyways, it was my birthday gift and it was a gift never to forget. Let's say, what goes on in Hollywood stays in Hollywood.

TIME....IS OF THE ESSENCE

"Time is of the essence," my ninth grade pre-algebra teacher would always quote this in class. I never knew what it meant at the TIME. Now, I know what he was talking about. As I've been getting older, TIME has been flying like there's no tomorrow. I can't believe the last time I posted a blog was almost three months ago. I had made a New Year's Resolution to posted something everyday. My excuse is that my "cum puta" was h-ackting up. Things have picked up since last year and especially from two years ago, as matter of fact it has been almost three years ago that my life made a turn towards HELL. Well, since I've been on the "Highway to Hell" things have been Heavenly. I could only HOPE that things get lovelier. I use to think about quitting my job and going on the road. Just get on my HOG and never looking back. Just one thing went wrong, I wrecked it. Good thing though. Now, I'm living in the ghetto and things are grand. How, ironic. I've owned two homes, had two wives and two children that I never get to see or hear from. I thought I had it good. "Living it up on the Eastside" I had a piece of the Pie. Now, I'm on the Westside, where all my people pay their food with food stamps and buy their Air Jordans and the swapmeet, I'm living like a King. I have LOVE, RESPECT AND HONOR.