Changes

Well I haven't been blogging nearly as much as I had in the beginning because, quite frankly, I ran out of steam...and I didn't wanna post just for the sake of posting...it needs to MEAN something.

Currently work has been good and as the summer goes on it's getting more and more busy...And in the everlasting quest to be called Dr. Quaheem I have decided to take some non-matriculated graduate courses to strengthen my credentials for my application to graduate school. I am taking one course this summer and two in the fall. The summer course started on July 17th and it has been going good being in the classroom again. I am determined to get where I need to be and I realized that I am going to have to take some non-traditional routes to get there.

In other developments...my birthday is THIS Wednesday and I leave for Las Vegas this Thursday. I am definitely excited. I DID find out that HartfordLady will not be able to go with me so I will have to go to Vegas ALONE this time around but hey sometimes that is the way it is. But the fun will not stop...if you can't enjoy yourself WITH yourself then you have lost half the battle. If anyone has any tips about any hot places to go (clubs, casinos, restaurants) definitely holla at me.

Also, this weekend I had a date. I made my way to NYC on Friday and met the dude for the first time. He was definitely a cutie, nice body, nice person, CLEAN apartment. We enjoyed dinner in a quaint little French restaurant in Chelsea. The food was ON POINT and the company was not bad at all either. I hope that perhaps we will be able to have dinner once again and who knows where it can go. It's nice to be single and testing the waters. I wouldn't have it any other way at this moment in time. It's also nice to go on a date with someone where the chemistry is a positive one. I walked away feeling good about this one..EVEN if I did spend the night at his place (try to use your imagination on that one, but dont let to go too far..lol).

Needless to say it was a good weekend for a change and things are looking UP. I am going to try to squeeze out one more post before I hit Vegas on Thursday...

So be on the lookout.

10 Q's From Q

I got some things I need to get off my chest...So here it goes.

(1) How STUPID is Ben Wallace? Yeah I know he got more money from the BULLS but who in the hell thinks they will compete for a championship ANYTIME soon? It just goes to show you that MONEY outweighs PRINCIPLE most of the time.

(2) Why doesn't Yolonda Adams do an R&B Album? Rhythm and Blues NEEDS you badly Yolonda!!! The difference between her and all the pop tarts out now and that SHE CAN SING....and LIVE. I can go to any street corner in the Hood USA and find somebody that can remotely sound like Keyshia Cole....But there is only one Yolonda..enough said.

(3) Why don't people understand that racism is NOT about personal attitudes but is all about POWER. Simple equation here people. Racism = prejudice + power. Given that equation I will say that Black people cannot be racist. We can be prejudiced as hell. When a group of black people can use their prejudice to negatively alter the life outcomes of white people then MAYBE I will call them racist.

(4) Being Black, educated, gay, and single is a HARD thing. I have heard many black women talk about how HARD it is for them to find a man worth keeping and to them I say....Join the club. Where are all the college educated, masculine (not knockin the "non" masculine brothas you just know what turns you on), progressive minded brothas at? I'm looking for you.

(5) Is it me or is anyone else tired of dudes walking around in what I call "thug drag." It's fine if your style is urban centered (shit mine is) but the difference between ME and MANY of them that I see is that what they are wearing is a "costume" and they have not realized it yet (or maybe they have).

(6) Did ya'll hear that BET wouldn't allow John Amos to join the rest of the former cast of "Good Times" on the stage because he was "too old?" So once again we see a black family, reunited, (albeit fictional) without a father. Just more evidence of BET not being FOR US. I am surprised Harry Belafonte showed up considering the SHIT that he's talked around the world in the past couple of years. Bush or BET? Which one is doing more harm to the Black Community?

(7) Why do I roll my eyes everytime I see a picture of Jesse Jackson? What would Martin think of him these days? This is what happens when the "revoloution" has corporate sponsors (copyright Meshell N'degeocello).

(8) Isn't sex overrated? Am I saying this because I just don't get any?

(9) Why is it that you can't have a banging church choir without some gay people in it? Why is it that we know of gay pastors, deacons, missionaries, trustees, and parishoners yet everybody goes about their business and says nothing? Why is it that many of us stay in the congregation amidst hateful interpetations of the Bible that demonize us? Why would I rather go to hell than to "romp" in the heaven that these people are selling us?

(10) Isn't Las Vegas going to be fun? I can't wait. I hope I dont have to go alone. If I do then oh well...Life is too short....You gotta get all you can WHEN you can.

Vegas On My Mind

Well...as I told you all before..in celebration of my 25th birthday I have decided that it was time to make some moves..

So on this past Thursday I finally got the nerve to book a tip to Las Vegas on August 3 thru August 7th (my birthday is August 2nd). I was pleased to book 4 nights and airfare for less than 700 bucks (yes it's tacky giving out numbers but this deal was so good I could not keep it to myself). Since it is so cheap I will definitely be returning.

Although it hurt me to actually spend the money (I can be cheap at times) I am very excited about the excursion. This is the farthest out west I have been.. I have been to Denver, Colorado before and it was HORRIBLE. Denver is quite possibly the whitest place on earth...so you can imagine I didn't have a good time.

I really decided that this birthday would not be like other recent ones (think: horrible)...It's time to start living and what better place to do it besides Vegas? As of now I am going alone but that can change if HartfordLady finds the money to fly out or I decide to take a special someone...but whether or not I am alone will not stop my fun....It's been a really difficult 365 days and it lends itself to a celebration....25 means you are officially out of your early twenties...

It also means that...

You would rather go to a club where they serve drinks in glasses rather then Solo cups...

You were born before "Purple Rain" and "Thriller" we both released...

You remember when "In Living Color" and "Martin" premiered (not the re-runs)...

You were born before Micheal Jordan started playing in the NBA...

You remember record players and 45s..

You remember when "The Simpsons" was just a sketch on the "Tracy Ullman Show"...

You remember "Pong", "Atari", and "Nintendo Entertainment System" (sidebar: Do you remember the hard ass controllers and the "Power Pad?")

You remember the new Coke and how it failed miserably...

You remember when everbody having PAGERS was all the rage (even if the service was not connected)...

You remember "The Snake," "The Wop," and "The Running Man."...

You remember "Yo! MTV Raps"...

Needless to say I am glad and content in moving into this new phase in my life...

Maybe someone can relate??