Current Mood: Rockin’

Well X-Mas has come and gone without incident. Well almost. There was the small incident of Tay tipping my chair back and my head bouncing off the floor. This is is why I stay in bed lol. Scared the shit out of her. Tre on the other hand wanted to beat her up cuz he thought she did it on purpose. Cooler heads prevailed and all was right with the world. Other than that small incident it was a pretty enjoyable day.

Kids got a buttload of crap. Tre got some Transformers, some wrestlers, about 10 hoodies, 3 movies(Like Mike, Major Payne, and Kung Fu Panda) and other misc crap. We’ve already watched Like Mike and Kung Fu Panda 3 times each. Tay got some baby doll stuff, a kitchen, an mp3 player, and some barbie movies, as well as other misc crap. Oogie got some sleepers, a ball popper(put the balls in, they pop out), a Mozart music cube, and other stuff I don’t recall. It was a good day. Now on to the pictures…on my myspace…cuz I’m lazy

…and I’m out

Current Mood: Frustrated & Happy

…I posted something. I’ve really been slacking, I know. But today was a shitty day, with a rewarding end. Anyway on to the post. Without mincing words, she who shall not be named is a fuckin’ idiot. She’s fucking pregnant again! Is birth control really that fuckin’ difficult to figure out? In cases like hers I actually wish the government would step in and make her get her damn tubes tied. How can someone be that irresponsible to bring another kid into this situation? Just makes no sense to me. No idea how this affects our current situation. Just fuckin’ stupid. I gotta tell ya, I don’t know if my mom can handle another baby in the house. We’re scraping by now, financially and emotionally. Just for the record. She who shall not be named(SWSNBN) is still jobless, homeless, and brainless. If she gets the kids back, they are fucked. Enough negativity.

The main reason I decided to post finally, is the awesome thing my nephew(Tre) said tonight. A little background. We’re watching Cowboy Bebop before he goes to bed and the episode is focused on where people belong, and one of the characters is trying to find where she belongs in the world. When Tre suddenly says…
“Bubby(that’s what he calls me). I know where I belong.”
I said, “Where?”
and he says, “Right here.”

Damn near made me cry. I didn’t know what to say, so I just said “yep”. I’ve said before I never wanted this. It’s moments like that that make me question myself, and how someone could ever do their kids like his mom has done. Anyway, just had to post that. Maybe 10-15 years from now, we’ll look back on this post and smile.

That is all for now. I’ll try to get back to posting semi-regularly. Later bitches.

Well I’m back from my vacation as of November 3rd. So good to be back home. We went to Parker Dam, California for a month. Then Vegas for a day, followed by a horrible trip to Colorado. Colorado wasn’t bad, but the drive from Vegas to Colorado was fuckin’ horrible. The mountains, while nice, made for a gut wrenching trip. My grandpa driving at night on winding narrow roads is NOT a pleasant experience. He was taking 50MPH turns at 70-75MPH consistently, and in the process scaring the shit out of me and my mom. What’s worse, is I have this recurring nightmare that I’m in a vehicle driving high speeds on a narrow, twisting road before losing control and plummeting to our inevitable death. Luckily my nightmare didn’t become a reality…although my gramps tried his damnedest lol.

Only good part of the trip was getting to see Stomp Out Loud Live in Vegas. One of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced. Made even better with the knowledge that after January the only place you will be able to see them is in New York. So glad I got to see them. No matter how good the show, still not worth the horrible vacation…never, ever again…well maybe Comic-Con…still debating.

We also took my 96 year old Great-Grandma with us and if you’ve seen National Lampoon’s Vacation, I was sure we were gonna live it. You know the part where they pick up their grandma and she dies on them and they don’t notice cuz they think she’s sleeping. Every time she fell asleep, that popped in my mind. Funny, yet morbid lol.

Also one small cool little note about the trip. There was 4 generations of us in that van. It was like the bible and shit. Mildred Allen(great-grandma) beget John Allen(grandpa), John Allen beget Dinah Allen(mom), Dinah Allen beget Me(me). Well I’ll have more later as well as some pictures. Those with my myspace can see some of the pics there already. Well I’m out. I’ll probably have the pictures up tomorrow.

Current Mood: Chill

Sorry, I’ve been letting my laziness get the best of me. Figured I should make at least one post before I disappear for a month.

God this trip is gonna suck. We are planning to hit up Vegas though so that’s a plus. Gonna try to go see Cirque De Soleil and Penn & Teller. Maybe Cheech & Chong, not positive yet. Other than that I plan to stay holed up in my room the entire time. Biggest problem will be trying convince people I actually like being alone. It’s not JUST a “fuck family” mentality. People in general just aren’t big on my list of things I like. Oh I have a list. Number one on the list…Me being left the fuck alone a good portion of every day. Of course that doesn’t work too well now that we have she who shall not be named’s kids. My weekends are shot, but I’m getting used to the idea…I guess. Anywho, I digress…this trip is gonna suuuuck.

Been watching some TV…shocking! Mostly The Cleaner on A&E. Really decent show starring Benjamin Bratt. About an ex-drug addict who made a deal with God and now is doing “god’s work”. Whatever the hell that means. Well for his character, it means, helping other’s kick whatever addiction they have. No matter what, when, how, or why. I’m enjoying it.

****FMA Spoiler Alert for Allen****
Also, Tre and I finished up Fullmetal Alchemist. Really good fricken’ anime. Ended about as good as it could. Pussed out on some deaths. Mustang should have died. I think it would’ve been fitting. I generally hate overly sappy, nice, perfect endings to shows and whatnot but I would’ve really liked to have seen FMA end that way. With Ed & Al getting their bodies back, retiring from the military and moving back home. Just would have been a nice way to end it after all the shit they went through. And they went through a lot of shit. My 3rd favorite anime behind Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. We’re watching Outlaw Star now. Having a had time getting into it. The English voice acting is atrocious. Way too childish sounding.
****End FMA Spoilers for Allen****
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Hmm, what else? Went to my cousins football game last Friday. They won huge, 45-0 or something like that. Drew’s the kicker, punter, Wide Receiver, and Free Safety I believe. He’s pretty good. Their best Wide Receiver easily imo, yet they rarely pass it to him. We’re going to his game Friday the 26th as well. Sally(my Aunt) is gonna take the kids then to give my mom a chance to get everything together for our long, shitty trip. Hope things go okay. They(the kids) get discipline here, but we’re pretty lax. They don’t really have to do much. As long as they’re good, they get to pretty much do whatever…within reason. Sally on the other hand is very strict. I mean, maximum security prison strict. Should be an interesting first couple weeks, what with Tay’s epic stubborn streak. Not too worried with Tre. He’s a pretty good kid.

Hmmm, haven’t been doing much reading since getting Rock Band 2. I’m still a vocal God.

That’s really about it. She who shall not be named already “quit” her job. We think she was fired. The job was too hard for her…that job…stocking shelves…*le sigh*. Of course no visitation this week. Wish this would all just end so the kids(and us) could move on with our lives. Well, I’m out. Hope to have kept mildly entertained with this long, pointless, meandering, unfocused, boring post.

PS: My worst fears realized…The Chiefs are worse than the Raiders…The RAIDERS!

Current Mood: Bored

Nothings really going on in my life right now so I figured to shut some people up about my lack of posting I’d post some ringtones I made. One quick note of annoyance first…

She who shall not be named got a job and works evenings. Because of this, the people in charge of this whole mess wants to take Tre out of school once a week so he can have visitation still. I mean I get it…sorta, but is that really the best solution. He’s already behind other kids his own age thanks to she who shall not be named and her propensity to be too tired/lazy/drugged/fucked up to get him up to go to school last year. And now they wanna take him outta school to go see her!? Even without custody of her kids she continues to fuck shit up for them…though this isn’t really her fault…I’m just saying.

Now onto the ringtones…
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch(edited)
Merideth Brooks - Bitch
The Doors - Soul Kitchen
K-Ci & JoJo - How Long
Mai Yamani - Real Folk Blues(Cowboy Bebop)
Cowboy Bebop Theme as sung by Ed #1
Cowboy Bebop Theme as sung by Ed #2
Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
Flight of the Conchords - If You’re Into It
Flight of the Conchords - Leggy Blonde
Flight of the Conchords - Muthauckus

Current Mood: Confused

My ex-lady friend, and current good friend has once again been forbidden to talk to me by her significant other. It’s gone so far that she has even removed me as a myspace friend no doubt at the behest of her husband. Let it be known, I have no designs on my ex-lady friend. We are friends. No more.

Really, am I that much of a threat? A 31 year old quadriplegic, anti-social, high school dropout, that lives with his mom, and resides in a bed 24/7…not to mention the 2500 miles in between us. He’s jealous of that? Really? I just don’t get it. Of course I haven’t been in a relationship since I was 15, so what the fuck do I know? I guess I could look at it as he loves her so much he just doesn’t wanna lose her…especially to a 31 year old quadriplegic, anti-social, high school dropout, that lives with his mom, and resides in a bed 24/7…not to mention the 2500 miles in between us.

I almost added him as a myspace friend, but that’d almost certainly acerbate the situation. I’ll just back off and chill. What can I do? Some people are just beyond reason and/or logic.

We’ll always be friends no matter how much…or little we talk. Ours is a bond that can’t be broken…trust me, I’ve tried lol

She’s very persistent.

This is the guy he’s worried about…

Somewhat of a follow up to me being a Rock Band God, my cuz Allen will be excited to hear Rush’s album Moving Pictures will soon be coming to Rock Band. Me, not so excited. The song YYZ will be frustratingly boring to me and I’m just not a huge Rush fan to begin with. In bad news, my mic has a short in it…noooooooo!

Breathe Jamaal, breathe. Ok, moving on. Been watching a lot of Olympics coverage and Usain Bolt of Jamaica is ridiculously fast. That fucker can fly. Won gold easily in the 100 and 200m and broke the world record in both. He won the 200 by like 5 body lengths. It was crazy to see. I’d be embarrassed to come in 2nd.

I watched the woman’s soccer gold medal match this morning and Marta of Brazil has got to be the best woman’s soccer player by far. She was beating double and triple teams consistently all game. So talented. Of course all that talent goes for naught as the U.S. women won in overtime to defend their gold medal from the 2004 games.

That’s really it as far as standout performances. The “Redeem Team” is looking very good but I’ll hold judgment until it’s all over.

I also was shocked to see WALKING is a fuckin’ Olympic sport. Fuckin’ Walking. They was talking about the “competitors” last night and one of the announcers actually said, and I’m paraphrasing “The Russians look really strong. They’ve been walking very well this year.” Are you fuckin’ kidding me!? Really, they’ve been walking well this year? Ridiculous.

In positive news, Tre’ is a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist(my 3rd favorite anime). Which shocked me as there isn’t a whole lot of action. Though it deals a lot with death and morality issues and trying to explain a lot of the things going on to a 5 year old is damn near impossible.

In vacation news, I’m still not looking forward to it. Though it got a little better as we’ll probably take a day trip to Vegas. Little over a 2 hour drive from where we’re staying. Likely check out a couple shows. I’m thinking Blue Man Group. Not big into gambling. Seems like a huge waste of money and time to me.

One last small note.  R.I.P. to Julius Carry III better known to most as Sho Nuff from the movie The Last Dragon.  One of my favorite/fun movies of all time.  Now bow down and kiss his converse!  Rough week for us black folk.  First Bernie Mac, then Isaac Hayes, now Julius Carry III.

And I’m out!

Current Mood: Indifferent

Well, as you may know I had planned to go to Cali for Comic-Con. Well, due to unforeseen circumstances we didn’t make it. Well, now we’ve got another much less fun and more family oriented trip coming.

We’re going to some river in Cali with a bunch of family. Normally I’d nix the trip. Not a fan of people, and even more so family people’s. But my grandparents went every year and with what’s recently gone down…well, lets just say, I need to go. I couldn’t very well tell my grandfather he can’t go, because I’m a tad anti-social. So me, my mom, my grandfather, and my great-grandma(who’s senile) are making the trip out there(for the entire fricken’ month of October) near the end of this month.

I’m gonna try to make the best of it. Which is gonna be hard since all the activities available isn’t shit I can do. I’ll likely stay holed up in my room playing Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour avoiding people as much as possible. Who knows, maybe I’ll have fun…..yeah, that’s not happening…At least I’ll get to get caught up on some reading.

Current Mood: Surprised

Finally seen Dark Knight and wow.  I had waited cuz I wanted to see it in an Imax theater and due to unfortunate circumstances I wasn’t able to get out to see it until yesterday.  So me, mom, my two cousins and a friend made the 2 hour trip to Olathe to watch it.  And it was so worth it.

Imax is possibly the greatest invention ever.  The screen was massive.  Even better, the screen was gorgeous.  When it had the shots from above the city, it felt like you were above the city.  I imagine anyone with Vertigo would freak the fuck out.  Anyway I love me some Imax

Another piece of awesomeness…The Watchmen trailer.  Color me impressed.  Doctor Manhattan looked great which was my biggest fear…well besides the total anal raping of the incredible story which is still up for debate.  It looks really good.  Gonna have to read it again before the movie comes out.

Now onto the movie.  In the famous words of Joey from Blossom…”Woah”.  It was what I expected and more.  The Joker was incredible, and they will almost certainly catch hell if they try to bring him back.  Heath Ledger owned that role.  He should at least be considered for an Oscar.  And I’m somewhat surprised at how well Harvey Dent/Two Face was done.  Batman has the best villains of any character by far.

Now on the opposite side of things “Batman’s” voice irritated me this movie.  Just about half of what he said in the movie, sounded forced, cheesy or both.  Which bothers me somewhat as I really liked the way it sounded in Batman Begins.  Though I think Bale did a better job in this movie as Bruce than he did in the first one.  All in all, a great movie.  My favorite super-hero movie but Iron Man is close.  I’ll have to watch ‘em both again, see how they hold up.

Great fricken movie.

Also did a little shopping. Got Tre a bunch of clothes for school. Bought a few used, cheap games for him…and me. Including the awesomeness of Shaq Fu…oh yes Shaq fuckin’ Fu! As for me, I bought a few shirts, a nice Jordan jacket, and 3 more hats. A second Kangol, a Chiefs hat, and a Hurley hat. They’re sweet! Thats a total of 14 hats now. All in all, a good loooong day. We left the house at about 9:45AM and got home around 11:00PM. We had a good time though.

Until next time my oh so faithful readers…I’m out.

Current Mood: Indifferent

This post is to get all 3 of you who read my blog up to speed with the goings on in between my drama filled life.

Firstly, and most importantly, I am a Rock Band GOD! We bought the game a little over a month ago and I rock the vocals. I’ve spent about 80 bucks on songs with The Who pack easily being my best purchase. I love singing all those songs. The worst purchase easily being David Bowie’s “Heroes”. As a quadriplegic with very little if any diaphragm control, this song kills me. I literally damn near passed out. I had to lay down in the middle of the song while singing it. I haven’t sang it since. Hate that fricken song.

Only other songs I don’t really enjoy singing is “Epic” by Faith No More and “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys. Then there’s the songs…well song I can’t sing while anybody(Cody) is in the room cuz he laughs his ass off while I sing it which in effect causes me to laugh thus ruining any chance of a good score. It really is quite comical. Oh the song is Jukebox Hero by Foreigner.

Next up is some celebreality TV. I won’t bore you with details, but right now I’m watching I Love Money and The Two Coreys.

Watched some anime. In particular Captain Herlock(crap), and the first 3 discs of Noir. Herlock was garbage. No redeeming qualities. The jury is still out on Noir. It’s not bad, but the story is taking a loooong time to develop. But it’s interesting enough to keep me…well interested.

In almost anime news, the Avatar wrapped up, and it was sweet! The final fight between Zuko and Azula was fantabulous. Oh I said fantabulous. The music made it even better, epic even. And Azula’s quick descent into madness was great to watch. Very believable. Possibly the greatest character development in an animated series ever. Easily the greatest thing to come out of Nickelodeon.

In related news, I fear for the live action version being directed by M. Night Shyamalamdingdong. Apparently it’s gonna be a trilogy with each movie based on the 3 “books” of Avatar. I hope he(M. Night) can regain his touch from his first few movies. Most would say “what touch?”. Well I personally enjoyed Unbreakable and Signs. Since then, things have gone downhill fast for him.

In semi-related anime news…fuck Keanu Reaves…that is all.

This is already a big post, so I’ll finish it on my next post.

One last note. Thanks to all who sent their prayers, thoughts, and condolences. It really meant a lot. More than you’ll ever know. Again, thank you.